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New faunistic data concerning 23 species of the beetle family Scydmaenidae(Coleoptera) are presented, based on nearly 500 specimens collected in the Wielkopolska-Kujawy Lowlands. Scydmoraphes helvolus (SCHAUM), Scydmoraphes minutus (CHAUDOIR), Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) bicolor (DENNY) and Scydmaenus (Cholerus) perrisii (REITTER) are recorded for the first time in the Lowlands, and new records for some rare species (including myrmecophilous beetles) are also provided. Detailed collecting data are given with remarks on scydmaenid biology and ecology.