New and little known Histeridae species (Coleoptera) from Russia with a synonymy note Author Tishechkin, A. K. Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832 - 1448, U. S. A. atishe8@gmail.com Author Zinchenko, V. K. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. vscar@ngs.ru Author Sergeev, M. E. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia. eksgauster@inbox.ru text Far Eastern Entomologist 2022 2022-12-02 467 11 16 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.467.2 journal article 216596 10.25221/fee.467.2 82a39956-99e0-4026-81d8-4b2cd9fa5f8d 2713-2196 7399654 4EF76079-442A-4091-AF62-04443CE78307 Niponius osorioceps Lewis, 1885 Niponius osorioceps : Okeanskaia near Vladivostok (Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976: 78); Lazovski Nature Reserve, Cordon Proselochnaya (43°00’805"N 134°06’424"E) (Zaitsev & Zaitsev, 2019: 149). MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia : Primorsky Krai : Ussuri Dist., near Kamenushka, 4.VIII 1979 , 1 ex. , leg. A. V . Mikheechev & N.B. Nikitsky ( CSCA ); same locality, 13. VI 1990, Tilia sp. stump, 1 ex. , leg. S.A. Kurbatov ( CSCA ); same locality, 18.VII 1991 , 1 ex. , leg. S.A. Kurbatov ( CSCA ); Lazovski Nature Reserve , Cordon Zviozdochka , 10 km to NE from Kievka , 14–21. V 2009, 3 ex. , leg. S.A. Kurbatov ; Vladivistok , Botanic Garden , flight intercept trap , 11. V 2022, 1 ex. ; same locality, 22. V 2022, 1 ex. ; same locality, 17. VI 2022, 1 ex., leg. M.E. Sergeev ( FSCV ). DISTRIBUTION. Russia : Primorsky Krai (Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976; Ôhara, 1999; Sokolov, 2009; Lee et al ., 2012). Japan : Hokkaido , Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea . NOTES. A rare, dendrophilous species associated with the galleries of Hylesinus tristis Blandford, 1894 ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Scolytinae ), where it preys on their larvae and pupae (Zaitsev & Zaitsev, 2019).