Larinus (Larinomesius) obtusus Gyllenhal

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Larinus obtusus Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. CRI* ČER ČNGDNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI ODE POL SUM VOL ZAK* ZAP* ŽIT* [Chernay 1854: 176; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Iljin 1926: 227; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1932: 351; Roubal 1941: 162; Volovnik 1995: 317; Kubisz et al. 1998: 269; Mazur 2002: 231; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2010d: 87].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north), North America (introduced) (Bajtenov 1974; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. 174 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, ZMUM, IMC) from 17 provinces were studied. Crimea: 4 spec. (SIZK) Bilohirsk Distr., Hrushivka env., 11.vi.1957; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Karadag, G. Kostylev leg., 24.vii.1927; 1 spec. (SIZK) Dzhankoy Distr., Tselinne, Sivash coast, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.v.1983 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) Lyman Distr., Yatskivka, V. Martynov leg., 28.vii.1998 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Volnovakha Distr., Velykoanadolskyi Forest, Silantiev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., near Prishib, Arnoldi, vii.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Siverskyi Donets River, Arnoldi leg., 11.vii.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, salt marsh, Arnoldi, leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (SIZK) Krasnodon [= Sorokyne] Distr., Kruzhylivka, chalky slope; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novgorodka env., gully, on Carduus pseudocollinus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 14.vii.1983 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982 ; 6 spec. (KUMN) idem, in dry flower head of Serratula radiata, S.V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Hola Pristan Distr., Solonoozernyi Division of Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, A. Drogvalenko leg., 16.vii.1994; 2 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki (= Tsiurupynsk), on Centaurea pseudophrygia, D. Znoyko leg., 2.viii.1925 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Bilozerka Distr., Yasna Polyana, V. S. Solodovnikova leg. ; 2 spec. (IMC) Chaplinka Distr., Askania- Nova, I. V. Maltsev leg., 17.v.1968 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, Velyky Potemkinskyi Island, I. V. Maltsev leg., 7.vii.1956; 3 spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, S. V. Volovnik leg., 12.viii.1983 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Novgorodka env., gully, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.vii.1983 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 2 spec. (ZMUK) Svaliava Distr., Polyana, 28.vi.1956; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Veliky Berezny, L. Zimina leg., 7.vi.1964; 1 spec. (IMC) Khust, I. V. Maltsev leg., 7.viii.1966 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Vynohradiv Distr., Tekove env., D. V. Vovk leg., 6.vii.1995 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, 26.vi.1965; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, S. V. Volovnik, 14.vi.1983; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kamyanka- Dniprovska, 16.vi.1952; Zhytomyr Prov.: 9 spec. (IMC) Malin, on Centaurea, A. Bohachyov leg., 7.vi.1944 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, A. Bohachyov leg., 15.vii.1944 .

Biology. Primary steppes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. Oligophagous on Centaurea spp. and

Serratula bracteifolia (Asteraceae) . (Dieckmann 1983; Groppe 1992; Volovnik 1996; Skuhrovec & Gosik 2011).