Phaenotherion knirschi Breit

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Phaenotherion knirschi Breit, 1912

Records. CRI [Breit 1912: 151; Frieser 1981: 42].

Distribution. Endemic to Crimea.

Material examined. Crimea: 2m, 2f (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve S slope of Sürü-Kaya Mt., mixed forest, in leaf litter, N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010; 10 spec. (ZMUN) Kubalaç Mt.Range, Aülu-Kaya Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 13.v.2012 ; 1m 1f (ZMUN) Ağarmış Mt.Range, Molla-Çokrak source, N. Yunakov leg., 12.v.2012 ; 5m 1f (ZMUN) Krasnolissya env., N. Yunakov leg., 14–15.vi.2010 ; 2m (KUMN) Kesslersky forest, N. Yunakov leg., 10.vi.2010 ; 2m 4f (ZMUN) Çatır Dağ Mt.Range, Orlinoje Canyon, N. Yunakov leg., 07.vi.2010 ; 2m (KUMN) Çatır Dağ Mt.Range, Kutuzovskoye Lake env., N. Yunakov leg., 26.v.2010 ; 1m 7f (ZMUN) Novy Svet botanical wildlife preserve, S slope of Sykhtlar Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 03.vi.2010 ; 1m, 1f (KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, N. Yunakov leg., 24 and 30.iv.2012 ; 11m 14f (ZMUN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 20–24.v.2010 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. In leaf litter.