Melanobaris atramentaria (Boheman)

Baridius atramentaria Boheman, 1836

Records. ČNG* DON* KHM KYI LUG* ODE* TER VIN ZAP* [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Tenenbaum 1937: 345; Mazur 2002: 223].

Distribution. Spain, Central and SE Europe, Caucasus.

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Chernigiv, (Sperk). Dnipro Prov .: 1 spec. (ZIN) Vishnevoye, Arnoldi leg., 23.x.1926 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kramatorsk, 48, 687361°N 37, 590528°E, forest belt along the railway, R. Filimonov leg., 18.iv.2011 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 3.vi.1939 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., Arnoldi leg., 2.v.1919 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Zamostje, 9.vi.1914 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanski Division, Krivokhatsky leg., 21.v.1990 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 12 km NE Luhansk, Stanychno- Luhansky Nature Reserve, V. Martynov leg., 8.v.1998 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN), Tiligulsky Lyman coast, floodland, I. Maltsev leg., 2.iv.1986 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) 5 km S of Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko, 10.v.2003 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VI and IX–X. On Brassicaceae: Erysimum pulchellum (Smreczyński 1974)