Lixus (Dilixellus) fasciculatus Boheman

Lixus fasciculatus Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI ČNG DNI DON* KHR* KRO* KYI LUG LWI ODE POL* SUM ZAK ZAP* [Pavlyuk 2009: 61; Roubal 1941: 164; Nemyrovskaya 1954: 91; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Mazur 2012: 232].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 123 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC, SKC) from 11 provinces were studied. Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (SKC) Antratsyt Distr., Dyakove, S. V. Konovalov leg., 22.v.2006 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Volnovakha Distr., Velykoanadolskyi Forest, Silantiev leg., Yakovlev, 25.vi.1894; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pokrovsk Distr., Yasenove, Arnoldi leg., 24.vi.1939; 7 spec. (SIZK) Slovyansk Distr., Bohorodichne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 22.vi.1983 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Lyman Distr., Zakitne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.v.1983 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 17.vi.1983 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gomilsha, 5.vii.1975; 1 spec. (KUMN) Pechenihy Forestry, Grubant leg., 23.vi.1973; 1 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv, Nizhniye Melnitsy landmark, A. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vi.1994; 4 spec. (KUMN) Dokuchaeva, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1995, on Urtica; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 14.v.1995, 26.v.1995, 2.vi.1995; 2 spec. (KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaydary, A. Bartenev leg., viii.19992; 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv, A. Drogvalenko leg., vi.1999; 4 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, forest park, A. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vi.1998; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Dolinske Distr., Vesely Bokovenky, S. V. Volovnik leg., 13.vii.1983 ; 1 spec. (SIZK), Dolinske Distr., S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.vii.1983 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 ex. (ZMUN) Poltava Distr., Kryukove, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 29.v.1999;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 6 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Staroberdyansky Forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, Altagir forest, S. V. Volovnik leg., 7.vi.1977 ; 6 spec. (SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, S. V. Volovnik, 14.vi.1983 ; 6 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Myrne, reared from stem of Artemisia vulgaris, S.V. Volovnik leg., iv.1983 .

Biology. Meadows, forest edge, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. On Artemisia vulgaris (Asteraceae) (Volovnik 2012a).