Lixus (Eulixus) iridis Olivier

Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807

Lixus turbatus Gyllenhall, 1827

Records. CRI* ČER ČNG ČRK* DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL* RIV* SUM TER VIN * VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [Belke 1866: 505; Łomnicki 1866: 7, 1884: 31, 1875: 177; Nowicky 1864: 36, 1873: 35; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Iljin 1926: 227; Lukjanovitch 1928: 249; Penecke 1928: 358; Znoyko 1929: 78; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Shapiro 1930: 142; Roubal 1941: 162; Medvedev 1950c: 97, 1963: 78; Kharakoz 1955: 158; Globova 1958: 164; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Mazur 2002: 232; Volovnik 2007: 522; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Kravets 2016: 124].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Asia) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 76 specimens (ZIN, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU) from 16 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kanyv, Reserve, N.D. Globova leg., 19.vii.1946; Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Simferopol Distr., Perevalne, V. Yu. Gorbunov leg., 8.v. (19) 97 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Belbek [part of Sevastopol], N. Kuznetsov, 13.v.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov, 29.v.1899; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUN) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, on Anthriscus nemorosa, S.V. Volovnik, 18.v.1982 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, A. Zakharchenko leg., x.1948; Kropyvnytskyi Prov .: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Znamyanka Distr., Chornyi Lis, G. Protopopova leg., 30.v.1953; Mykolaiv Prov. : 1 m (ZMUN) Pervomajsk Distr., Kuripchino vill, shore of Pivdennyi Buh River, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 2.vi.2000; Poltava Prov. : 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, V. Rodzyanko leg., 16.v.1993; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ohloblin, 4.iv.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 8.viii.1932; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 43542) Rivne Distr., Sukhivtsi, 50.662090, 25.869882, observed by V. Finchuk, 25.iv.2017; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Medobory, A. Drogvalenko leg., 8.vii.2005; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bar Distr., Verhivka, Chekiny leg., 9.vi.1901; Zaporizhia Prov. : 1 spec. (SIZK) Kamyanka-Dniprovska, 28.v.1952 .

Biology. Wetlands and forests, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Anthriscus, Conium, Heracleum and another generis of Apiaceae (Eichler 1951; Scherf 1964; Krivets 2007; Volovnik 1994a, 2007; Zotov 2009b; Dedyukhin 2012).