Abstract
Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905) (Byturidae), previously considered endemic to the south of Central Europe, was discovered among material of the beetles collected by the late K.V. Arnoldi in the early 20th century in the territory of present-day Krasnodar City, Northwestern Caucasus.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am sincerely grateful to O. Merkl (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest) for verifying the identification of the beetle and correction of the text, A.I. Miroshnikov (Krasnodar, Russia) for detailed information on K.V. Arnoldi’s collecting localities in Yekaterinodar and A.G. Kirejtshuk (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) for his comments and assistance in preparation of the manuscript.
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The current study was supported by the grants of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research No 18-04-00243-a and 19-04-00465-a and performed within the frame of the state research project АААА-А19-119020690101-6.
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Kovalev, A.V. Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905) (Coleoptera, Byturidae), a New Addition to the Russian Fauna. Entmol. Rev. 100, 768–770 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820060056
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