New for the fauna of Belarus genus Troglops Erichson, 1840 (Coleoptera: Malachiidae)

Prischepchik A.V. 1 , Aleksandrowicz O.R. 2 , Sinchuk A.V. 1
1 Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Resources, Minsk, 220072, Belarus
2 Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Słupsk, 76-200, Poland

Year: 2026, Number: 539, Pages: 25-28

The genus Troglops Erichson and species T. albicans (L.) are recorded from Belarus for the first time. The "Pripyatsky" National Park represents the northern boundary of the species distribution. The Malachiidae fauna of Belarus now comprises 15 species from 11 genera.

DOI: 10.25221/fee.539.3

Full text

Keywords: Soft-winged flower beetles, distribution, new record, Europe,

References
  1. von Lompe, A. 2010. Gattung Troglops Erichs. Käfer Europas. Available from: https:// coleonet.de/ coleo/texte/troglops.htm (accessed 23 September 2025).
  2. Stork, N.E. 2018. How many species of insects and other terrestrial arthropods are there on Earth? Annual review of entomology, 63: 31–45. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043348.
  3. Ponel, P. & Constantin, R. 2014. Troglops furcatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885, Malachiidae nouveau pour la faune de France. Clé des espèces françaises (Coleoptera). L'Entomolo-giste, 70(6): 345–349.
  4. Plata-Negrache, P. 2012. Estudio de la Subfamilia Malachiinae Fleming (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Melyridae) en Andalucía. Fotocopias Campus, Domingo Pérez Batista, La Laguna. 203 pp.
  5. Mirutenko, V.V. 2013. The family Malachiidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in collections of the natural history museum in Belgrade. Acta entomologica serbica, 18(1/2): 43–54.
  6. Mayor, A. 2007. Family Malachiidae. P. 415-454. In: Löbl, I., Smetana, A. (Eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.
  7. Maksimenkov, M., Samusenko, I., Borodin, O., Kozulin, A., Shakun, V., Giginyak, I. & Uhlianets, S. 2019. Biological diversity of Belarus: state, protection, sustainable use. Altiora Forte, Minsk. 70 pp.
  8. Kolibáč, J., Majer, K. & Švihla, V. 2005. Beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea in the Czech and Slovak Republics andneighbouring areas. Clarion Production, Prague, 186 pp.
  9. Guryeva E.L.1965. Family Melyridae (Malachiidae). P. 228–234. In: Medvedev, G.S. (Ed.), Key to the Insects of the European Part of the USSS. Vol. II. Coleoptera and Strepsip¬tera. Nauka, Leningrad. [In Russian]
  10. Golub V.B., Tsurikov M.N. & Prokin A.A. 2012. Insect collections: collection, processing and storage of material. Scientific press Ltd. KMK, Moscow. 339 pp. [In Russian]
  11. GBIF. 2025. Global biodiversity information facility. Available from: https://www.gbif.org (accessed 28 September 2025).
  12. Biomap. 2015. Troglops albicans (Linnaeus, 1767). Available from: https://baza.biomap.pl/ en/taxon/species-troglops_albicans/mapb (accessed 20 September 2025).
  13. Aleksandrowicz, A., Pisanenko, A., Ryndevich, S. & Saluk, S. 2023. The Check-List of Belarus Coleoptera. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pomorskiego w Słupsku, Słupsk. 189 pp.