Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) new for the fauna of the Białowieża Forest including two new species for Poland

The paper presents data on the occurrence of 15 beetle species new to the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest. The beetles were caught during the inventory of the Białowieża Forest carried out from May to September 2023. The beetles were caught using purple multiple-funnel (Lindgren) traps, which were set up in selected locations within the study area. The captured beetles belong to 9 families: Curculionidae (1 species), Latridiidae (3), Melandryidae (1), Melyridae (1), Scarabaeidae (1), Scraptiidae (1), Sphindidae (1), Staphylinidae (4) and Tenebrionidae (2). Among them, Corticaria lukashuki Saluk, 2015 (Latridiidae) and Rushia parreyssii (Mulsant, 1856) (Melandryidae) are new species for the fauna of Poland. In addition, Stenichnus styriacus Franz, 1960 (Staphylinidae) is the second country records. The occurrence of the rare saproxylic beetle Protaetia fieberi (Kraatz, 1880) (Scarabaeidae), which is listed in the Polish Red List of Threatened and Endangered Animals and in the Polish Red Book of Animals, was confirmed after 30 years. Taking into account the results of the present study, the number of beetle species in the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest is currently 3018.