Russian Entomol. J. 20(4): 383385 © RUSSIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 2011 New records of Georissus costatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 (Coleoptera: Georissidae) from Russia Íîâûå íàõîäêè Georissus costatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 (Coleoptera: Georissidae) â Ðîññèè Ñ.Â. Ëèòîâêèí1, Ì. Ôèêà÷åê2,3 S.V. Litovkin1 & M. Fikáèek2,3 1 Russia, Samara; e-mail:
[email protected]. 1 Ðîññèÿ, Ñàìàðà. 2 Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail:
[email protected]. 3 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Vinièná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic. KEY WORDS: Georissidae, Georissus costatus, Russia, new records, sandy shores, riverine habitats. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Georissidae, Georissus costatus, Ðîññèÿ, íîâûå íàõîäêè, ïåñ÷àíûå áåðåãà, ðå÷íûå ñòàöèè. ABSTRACT. The recent occurrence of Georissus Republic of Adygheya, and G. japonicus Satô, 1972 is costatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 is confirmed in found only in southern Primorye [Motschulsky, 1843; Voronezh, Samara and Orenburg areas for the first time Lafer, 1989; Hansen, 1999, 2004; Nikitsky & Shapov- in last 100 years, and its distribution in Russia is clari- alov, 2010]. The fifth species, Georissus costatus Laporte fied. It is shown that the species prefers sandy river de Castelnau, 1840 (Figs 12), has been only mentioned shores. Body habitus, aedeagus and locality are figured. by Zaitsev [1908] and Jacobson [1913] from the south- ern part of European Russia without any further details ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Ñîâðåìåííûìè íàõîäêàìè èç Âîðî- (as Rossia mer.), and the records are not quoted in íåæñêîé, Ñàìàðñêîé è Îðåíáóðãñêîé îáëàñòåé âïåð- later publications [e.g., Hansen, 1999, 2004].