Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2 Author Alekseev, Vitaly I. Author Bukejs, Andris text Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 2011 11 2 209 231 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13204407 1407-8619 13204407 24. HALLOMENUS AXILLARIS ( ILLIGER , 1807) Examined material: Recorded twice: the Curonian Spit, 23 km NNE of Zelenogradsk, 55°9´91´´N 20°74´54.9´´E, 29. VI .2010 ( 1 ex. , light trap in the mixed forest with Populus tremula , Alnus glutinosa , Betula sp. and Pinus sylvestris , leg. A. P. Shapoval); Zelenogradsk district, Otradnoe environs, 54°91´72´´N 20°6´76´´E, 1.VII.2010 (2 exx, inside of Laetiporus sulphureus sporophore on the bottom part of the old living oak, leg. V .Alekseev). Comments: According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004) , this rare species has been recorded from all Fennoscandian and Baltic territories except Lithuania . Also it is mentioned for Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996 ) and recently was found in Lithuania ( Ivinskis et al. 2009 ). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Königsberg [ Kaliningrad ] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979 ). In the Moscow region ( Russia ) the beetle develops mostly in the associated with spruce fungus Pycnoporellus fulgens , more seldom with Laetiporus or Toromyces ( Nikitsky et al. 1996 ). OEDEMERIDAE LATREILLE , 1810