Smicronyx reichii (Gyllenhal)

Micronyx reichii Gyllenhal, 1836

Smicronyx seriepilosus Tournier, 1874

Records. ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE* KHM LWI TER VIN [Iljin 1925: 227; Penecke 1932: 352; Kryshtal 1949: 176; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko 2010a: 704].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, sweeping Centaurea sp. near lake, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 16.vii.2016 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, Solenoozernyi Division, sweeping Centaurea sp., V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vii.2016 ; 5 spec. (SIZK) idem, 19.vii.2016; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kryntsyliv env., Urochyshche Krasnjanska Dacha, Krasnianske Forestry, (q. 37, 43), meadows, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2007 .

Biology. Salty grasslands, meadows, steppes. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Centaurium spp. ( Gentianaceae) (Dieckmann 1986; Tempère & Péricart 1989; Mazur 2002)