Rhabdorrhynchus karelinii (Fåhraeus)

Pachycerus karelinii Fåhraeus, 1842

Cleonus junki Csíki, 1934 [unjustified RN]

Records. CRI* KHE LUG* MYK* ZAP* [Medvedev 1950c: 106].

Distribution. SE Europe, Middle Asia, Iran (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta env .; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Bazhenov leg., 26.vi– 15.viii.1898; 1 spec. (ZIN) İslâm Terek Distr., Agarmish Mt., Kirichenko leg., 9.vii.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Kirichenko leg., 16.vi.1906; 1 spec. (IMC) Bylohirsk Distr., Krynichne, I. Maltsev leg., 19.vii.1975; 1 spec. (PIN) Yalta, on Carduus, vii.1954 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova, steppe, S. Medvedev leg., 1.vii.1926; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, S. Medvedev leg., 26.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Korsunka near Nova Kakhovka, S. Medvedev leg., 27.vi.1927; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, S. V. Konovalov leg., 10.v.2011 ;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Pervomaysk Distr., Kuripchino, valley of Pivdennyi Buh River, P.N. Sheshurak., 11.vii.2000 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (YKC) Melitopol, light trap, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg.

Biology. Primary steppe and secondary grasslands localities (Medvedev 1957). Adults occur in V–VII. Oligophagous on Boraginaceae: Onosma tinctorum (Ter-Minasian 1988) and Onosma polychroma (Zotov 2011) .