ISSN 1374-8297 Bulletin S.R.B.E. / K.B.V.E. 156 (2020) Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 156 (2020): 162–172 Cucujus cinnaberinus (Cucujidae) is rapidly colonising Northern Belgium Arno THOMAES1, Luc CRÈVECOEUR2, Gibson DAKA3, Mario DE BLOCK4, Vincent FIEVET5, Rens HEYNDRICKX6, Kennedy KARIUKI3, Roel LAMMERANT7, Seppe MARCHAND8, Kevin SCHEERS1, Vincent SMEEKENS1 & Peter VAN DE KERCKHOVE1 1 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (e-mail:
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[email protected]) 8 Internship student at INBO, University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, 3001 Leuven, Belgium Abstract Till ten years ago, Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763) was largely restricted to Eastern Europe and Scandinavia and likely extinct in entire Western Europe. In 2014, the first observation was done in Belgium.