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Alexei V. Polevoi, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Forest Research Institute of Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (185910, Pushkinskaya street, 11, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia); E-mail: alexei.polevoi@krc.karelia.ru
Andrei E. Humala, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Forest Research Institute of Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (185910, Pushkinskaya street, 11, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia); E-mail: humala@krc.karelia.ru
Elena V. Kulebyakina, PhD, Senior Researcher of the National Park «Vodlozersky» (185002, Parkovaya street, 44, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia); E-mail: vodloz_no@mail.ru
Nadezhda N. Kutenkova, PhD, Senior Researcher of the State Nature Reserve «Kivach» (186220, Zapovednaya street, 14, Kivach village, Kondopozhsky district, Republic of Karelia, Russia); E-mail: kutenkova.nn@mail.ru

Polevoi A.V., Humala A.E., Kulebyakina E.V., Kutenkova N.N. 2018. First records of two remarkable Coleoptera species Cucujus cinnaberinus and Metoecus paradoxus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae, Rhipiphoridae) from the Republic of Karelia (Russia). Nature Conservation Research 3(3): 98–102. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2018.036

Viable populations of two remarkable Coleoptera species – Cucujus cinnaberinus (Cucujidae) and Metoecus paradoxus (Rhipiphoridae) are reported for the first time from the Republic of Karelia (Russia). Cucujus cinnaberinus is a threatened species in northern Europe while Metoecus paradoxus is a widespread Palaearctic species actively dispersing northwards. Both species were found in the nature protected areas by the local staff. This evidences the importance of such territories for preserving and monitoring the populations of rare and poorly known species.

Coleoptera, Cucujidae, Karelia, Rhipiphoridae, rare species

Received: 20.03.2018

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