New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania Author Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina “ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Road no. 1, 011341 Bucharest, Romania & University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independenței 91 - 95, Bucharest, R- 050095, Romania Author Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research on the Marine Environment and Marine Terrestrial Atmosphere, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Prof. Dr. Ioan Borcea Marine Biological Station, Nicolae Titulescu str. no. 163, Agigea, Constanţa, Romania & Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, “ Alexandru Ioan Cuza ” University of IaȘi, Carol I Avenue, 20 A, 700505 IaȘi, Romania Author Murariu, Dumitru Romanian Academy, Calea Victoriei no. 125, 010071 Bucharest, Romania Author Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu 0000-0003-0267-2460 cosminom@gmail.com Author Ruzzier, Enrico Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-24 5575 3 409 428 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4 1175-5326 14747112 4B1C253B-95F1-4F55-8EA1-F311AB52A6A2 Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880 Materials examined. Contanța County, Dumbrăveni (near), 43.9355°N / 27.9952°E , 16.IX.2022 , pasture—at light, Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci leg. ( 4 specimens ), COMC ( Fig. 3 B ) . Collecting conditions. All specimens from Dumbrăveni were collected at light in an area intensively grazed just at the edge of Dumbrăveni forest. Distribution. Species originating in India , described in 1880 from specimens collected in Calcutta ( Ando et al . 2016 ), currently recorded in 6 continents (Europe, Africa, North America , South America , Asia and Australia ) ( Bousquet et al . 2018 ; Iwan et al . 2020 ; Hilman et al . 2023 ; Nowosielski-Slepowron & Aryeetey 1980 ). In Europe, it is known from Austria , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Great Britain , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Latvia , Luxembourg , Norway , Poland , Russia : European Territory, Slovakia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Ukraine ( Iwan et al . 2020 ), Bulgaria ( Sivilov & Cvetkovska-Gorgievska 2014 ) and Romania (this paper). Romania is a new country record. Notes. It resembles Tribolium beetles in general shape and feeding habits but is pale yellow, slightly shorter, and slenderer, with the head protruding well beyond the eyes (Badaw 1972). The species was recorded in Europe at the end of the 19th century in Norway ( Seebens et al . 2017 ). L. oryzae is well adapted to tropical storage conditions ( Nowosielski-Slepowron & Aryeetey 1980 ) living in open rather than stored products and develops in rotten wood or under bark ( Andres 1927 ). It is a secondary pest of cereals and oilseeds and was first recorded from Bulgaria with shipments of foods such as rice, groundnut, sorghum and maize ( Atanasov 1982 ).