Disjunctive area of Chrysolina eurina (Frivaldszky, 1883) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)

Area of Chrysolina eurina (Frivaldszky, 1883) consists of three small parts isolated from each other. The western subarea is situated in Central Europe (Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic), the middle subarea – in European Russia (Moscow Region, Tambov Region, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Penza Region, Vladimir Region*, Samara Region*), and the eastern one – in the south-east of West Siberia (Kemerovo Region, Republic of Khakassiya, Krasnoyarsk Province*, Altai Republic*). First records are indicated with asterisks. The oldest specimens of this species collected in Russia have been found in the collection of the Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences. They were collected in Samara before 1903 and in Bolshoj Uluj District of Krasnoyarsk Province in 1912. The western and the middle subareas probably appeared as a result of invasions more than 100 years ago. This hypothesis is based on peculiarities of the area and ecology of this species. Firstly, the subareas in Central Europe and European Russia are small and situated in regions which are domesticated for a long time. Secondly, Ch. eurina occurs in the roadsides. Thirdly, the only host plant Tanacetum vulgare L. belongs to archaeophytes, i.e. weeds, which intruded to Europe in antiquit

Area of lily leaf beetle Lilioceris lilii Scopoli, 1763 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae)

A distribution map is provided for Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 343 localities in the Nearctic and Palaearctic, including 146 localities in Russia, are shown. Examination of old collections of Zoological Institute (St. Petersburg), Zoological Museum of Moscow State University and analysis of literature revealed, that this species did not occur in northern and central regions of European Russia before 1898, but inhabited European countries, south regions of European Russia (as far north as Voronezh), Siberia and Far East. Now it is a common pest in northern and central regions. L. lilii occurs in following regions of Russia: Altai Prov.*, Altai Republic*, Amur Region, Bashkortostan*, Bryansk Region*, Buryatia*, Chelyabinsk Region, Chuvashia, Irkutsk Region, Ivanovo Region*, Jewish Autonomous Region, Kaliningrad Region, Kaluga Region*, Kemerovo Region*, Khabarovsk Prov.*, Khakassiya, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area*, Kirov Region, Kostroma Region*, Krasnodar Prov.*, Krasnoyarsk Prov., Kurgan Region, Kursk Region, Leningrad Region, Lipetsk Region, Moscow Region, Nizhny Novgorod Region*, North Ossetia*, Novosibirsk Region*, Omsk Region*, Orel Region*, Orenburg Region, Penza Region*, Primorski Prov.*, Pskov Region, Samara Region, Saratov Region*, Sverdlovsk Region*, Tatarstan, Tomsk Region*, Transbaikal Prov.*, Tula Region*, Tyumen Region*, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk Region, Vladimir Region*, Volgograd Region*, Voronezh Region*, Yakutia, Yaroslavl Region (first records are indicated with an asterisk*)

The first record of Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Kabardino-Balkaria and the history of the expansion of this alien species in the Caucasus and south of European Russia in 2002–2015

Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) is native for Asia. In last decades this species is spreading all over the world. Recently it appeared in some regions of the Caucasus and south of European Russia. The list of 48 localities of this species in the region and the map are presented. In  2002–2011 individual specimens were found in Adygea and south-west of Krasnodar Region (Russia), in eastern Georgia, and in Abkhazia. In  2012 an established population was found in Sochi (Russia). It confirmed that previous findings were not accidental, and the species has established. Then the ladybird was found in Crimea, Rostov and Stavropol regions, Dagestan (Russia), in Abkhazia and Tbilisi (Georgia). In this paper H. axyridis is recorded for Kabardino-Balkaria for the first time

Paridea angulicollis (Motschulsky, 1854) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) is a new genus and species for Russia

The leaf-beetle Paridea angulicollis, a pest of medical plant Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Cucurbitaceae), has been found in Primorsky Province. It is the first record of the genus Paridea in Russia. Paridea angulicollis occurs in China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. The original map of the range is compiled (79 locations). The photo and diagnosis are given