Tychius (Tychius) meliloti Stephens

Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831

Tychius sorex Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KYI LWI ODE* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Łomnicki 1877b: 152; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Hormuzaki 1901a: 107; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 376; Roubal 1941: 184; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1953: 61; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Petrukha et al. 1988: 137; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 242; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005a: 94; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2010d: 90; Caldara 2013a: 167; Nazarenko 2013b: 30; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Palearctic; introduced in North America (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 22.viii.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, 20.v.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, Kiritschenko leg., 5.vi.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kiritschenko leg., 29.v.1907 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Pawlowski leg., 10.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, K. Arnoldi leg., 18.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Karadag, Krivokhatsky leg., 26–27.v.1990 ; 1m (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve Svyataya Mt. N44° 56' 12.7'' E35° 13' 17.3'', 286 m, mixed forest, Yunakov 28.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 27.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.vi.1937; 6 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.vii.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, chalk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1938 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirs, Netrius River, meadow, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Netrius River, Carex bogs, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1940 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 25.v.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 13.v.1925 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, Khadzhubei Lyman, 12.vii.1905 .

Biology. Forest edge, slopes, meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Fabaceae: Melilotus albus (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); M. officinalis (Hoffmann 1954; Arnoldi et al. 1965; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); M. altissimus (Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988).