Pissodes (Pissodes) validirostris (Sahlberg)

Rhynchaenus validirostris Sahlberg, 1834

Pissodesstrobyli L. Redtenbacher, 1847

Records. IFR KYI LWI [Nowicki 1864: 36; 1865: 36; Łomnicki 1866: 7; 1877b: 152; 1884: 31; 1905: 73; Zagajkevich 1958: 75; Tsaryk 2000: 135; Mazur 2002: 237; Nazarenko 2012f: 53; 2014b: 70].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding south) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; Kyiv Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv-Svyatoshine Distr., Luka, Jenni leg. ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Holosiivskyi Forest, 23.iii.1951 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dolobetskyi Island, sweeping, on pine, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.v.2009 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 25 km SW Akhtyrka, Kuzemin, sweeping, glade in pine plantings, Yu.A. Guglya leg., 10.v.2009 .

Biology. Mixed and coniferous forests. Adults occur in III–V. On Pinus sylvestris, P. cembra, P. nigra (Pinaceae) (Smreczyński 1972).