Gymnetron melanarium (Germar)

Cionus melanarius Germar, 1821

Records. CRI* ČER DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Łomnicki 1891: 22; 1905: 82; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Izrajlevich & Lapin 1990: 49; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Caldara 2008a: 62–64; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2009b: 500; Sumarokov 2009: 177; Nazarenko 2010d: 86; 2012f: 52; 2013b: 21].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding south) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (KUMN) Babughan Yaila Mt.Range, montain steppe, Levtshinskaya leg., 14.vii.1956 ; Donetsk Prov.: 5 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Thorez, Grabovo locality [Grabovaya Balka], dry meadow in forest, S.I. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953; 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NEE Dolinskaya, Veselyye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.vi.1952 ; Sumy Prov.: 6 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko- Starohutskyi National Park, near Bilousivka, q. 133, left bank of Ulichka River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.vi.2006 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 25 km SW of Akhtyrka, near Kuzemyn, floodplain, Yu.A. Guglya leg., 11.v.2008 ;

Rivne Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., env. Sarny, Chudel’, Urochyshche Dubki, near HQ, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 .

Biology. Floodplains, meadows, Adults occur in V–VII. On Veronica spp. ( Plantaginaceae) single larva was observed on Veronica serpyllifolia (Caldara 2008a) .