Baltic J. Coleopterol. 10(1) 2010 ISSN 1407 - 8619 New data on little known species of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Lithuania Vytautas Tamutis, Romas Ferenca, Povilas Ivinskis, Povilas Mulerčikas Tamutis V., Ferenca R., Ivinskis P., Mulerčikas P. 2010. New data on little known species of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Lithuania. Baltic J. Coleopterol., 10(1): 45 – 60. The study is devoted to the new faunistic data on the little known click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Lithuania. The data of long term faunistic investigations of authors as well as material stored in the natural museums of Lithuania and private collections have been examined. The results of re-examination and new information about distribution of 28 species of click beetles in Lithuania are presented in this article. The presented information includes exact label data and number of specimens, the places of collections as well as maps of distribution and comments about habitats of 28 species of click beetles. One species Ctenicera cuprea (Fabricius, 1775) is removed from the list of Lithuanian beetles. Key words: Coleoptera, Elateridae, fauna, distribution, Lithuania Vytautas Tamutis, Povilas Mulerčikas. Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Studentų 11, Akademija, Kaunas distr., LT-53361, Lithuania. E-mail:
[email protected] Vytautas Tamutis, Romas Ferenca. Kaunas T. Ivanauskas zoological museum, Laisvės al. 106, LT-44253 Kaunas, Lithuania. E-mail:
[email protected] Romas Ferenca, Povilas Ivinskis Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail:
[email protected] INTRODUCTION been presented in the monograph „Lietuvos fauna. Vabalai I.“ (Pileckis & Monsevičius 1995). Works designed to investigation of click beetles 65 species of click beetles are mentioned in this in Lithuania are not numerous.