On distribution of Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in the Amur region

Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) covers an extensive transpalaearctic range (Medvedev & Ryvkin 1992; Geisthardt & Sato 2007; Kazantsev 2010, 2011) with unclear boundaries of distribution on the periphery. The eastern sector of the range has been studied the least. Until recently, from the Amur region (within the borders of the Amurskaya oblast' and Khabarovskii krai of Russia) three points of collection of L. noctiluca were known. However, this which does not give a detailed idea of the range of the species in this region (Kazantsev 2010) (Fig. 1). Our research provided material from the basins of the Amur and Uda rivers, which significantly clarifies the northern boundary of distribution in the eastern sector of the range of Lampyris noctiluca. Lampyris noctiluca is also firstly recorded for the Heilongjiang province in China and the Evreiskaya avtonomnaya oblast' in Russia. Our results establish that Lampyris noctiluca is widely distributed in the Amur basin. The northeastern border of the range is located in the zone of the southern taiga in the upper reaches of the Zeya, Selemdzha and Bureya rivers. The northernmost point in the eastern part of the range is located in the basin of the Uda River (entry of Shevli River).