Coleoptera of the Monotomidae family (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) of Tula region

   The work is the result of many years of research on Coleoptera of the Tula region. An annotated list for family Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 is provided. Currently, 15 species from 2 subfamilies and 2 genera have been registered in the Tula region. The subfamily Rhizophaginae Redtenbacher, 1845: 1. Rhizophagus aeneus Richter, 1820 (places of finds: Severo-Vatsevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 5.V-17.VI 2006; ibid., 5.V–21.V 2006); 2. Rh. bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1792) (places of finds: Tula, parks, squares, gardens, suburban area, wastelands; everywhere on the territory of zasek; Severo-Odoevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 7.V–27.V 2012; Deminka, Leninsky district, 3.V–26.V 2014); 3. Rh. cribratus (Gyllenhal, 1827) (places of finds: Yasnaya Polyana, Shchekinsky district); 4. Rh. depressus (Fabricius, 1792) (places of finds: Petrovskoye, Odoevsky district, 27.V–23.VI 2007); 5. Rh. dispar (Paykull, 1800) (places of finds: Selivanovo, Yasnaya Polyana, Shchekinsky district); 6. Rh. fenestralis (Linnaeus, 1758) (= parvulus (Paykull, 1800). (places of finds: Tula, parks, squares, gardens, suburban area; Everywhere on the territory of zasek; Deminka, Leninsky district, 3.V–26.V 2014); 7. Rh. ferrugineus (Paykull, 1800) (places of finds: Severo-Vatsevo forestry, Odoevsky district, 27.V 2006; Petrovskoye, Odoevsky district, 27.V-23.VI 2007); 8. Rh. nitidulus (Fabricius, 1798) (places of finds: Tula, suburban area; Kosaya Gora, Leninsky district; Yasnaya Polyana, Yubileyny, Shchekinsky district); 9. Rh. perforatus (Erichson, 1845) (places of finds: Yasnaya Polyana, Shchekinsky district; Severo-Odoevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 7.V–27.V 2012; Deminka, Leninsky district, 26.V–1.VII 2014); 10. Rh. picipes (Olivier, 1790) (places of finds: Severo-Vatsevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 22.V–5.VII 2006); 11. Rh. puncticollis (C. R. Sahlberg, 1837) (places of finds: Severo-Vatsevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 22.V-3.VI 2006; Severo-Vatsevo forestry, Suvorovsky district, 1.V-3.VI 2007; Supruty, Shchekinsky district, 13.V-10.VI 2007). Subfamily Monotominae Laporte, 1840: 12. Monotoma angusticollis (Gyllenhal, 1827) (places of finds: Severo-Odoevskoe forestry, Odoevsky district, 27.V-16.VI 2012); 13. M. brevicollis Aubé, 1837 (places of finds: Yasnaya Polyana, Yubileyny, Krivtsovo, Shchekinsky district); 14. M. longicollis (Gyllenhal, 1827). (places of finds: Monastyrshchino, Kimovsky district, 24.VII 2007; Staroselye, Belevsky district, 7.VIII 2010; Varushitsy, Suvorovsky district, 14.VII–31.VII 2014); 15. M. picipes Herbst, 1793 (places of finds: Griboyedov, Kurkinsky district, 19.VIII 2006; Malaya Salnitsa, Chernsky district, 24.VII 2010; Samokhvalovka, 30.V 2013; Varushitsy, Suvorovsky district, 1.VI–31.VIII 2014; ibid., 1.X–1.XI 2014).

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