Sibinia (Sibinia) femoralis Germar *

Sibinia femoralis Germar, 1824

Records. CRI* DON* KHE* LUG* MYK* ODE* [first record].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V.E. Yakovlev leg., 9.vi.1904; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.vi.1905; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.v.1906; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.vi.1906; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. Medvedev leg., 04.vii.1948; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, plateau, D.S. Shapiro leg., 03.vii.1948; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Solenoozerny Division, Zerova leg., 5.vii.1971; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km SSE Bilovodsk, env. of Gorodishche, Derkul forest experimental station, W slope, steppe ravine, D.S. Shapiro leg., 03.vi.1953; 3 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SSE Krasnodon [=Sorokyne], Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, on S slope of abruption, S. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1947; Mykolaiv Prov.: 5 spec. (KUMN) ca. 30 km SE of Novy Buh, Vladimirskaya forest experimental station, steppe site with Festuca, Verbascum, Kochia et c., D.S. Shapiro leg., 19.vi.1949; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Voznesenskaya Agriculture Research Station, 16.vii.1927;

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, stony slopes. Adults occur in V–VII. On Caryophyllaceae: Silene nutans (Smreczyński 1972); S. otites (Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); Petrorhagia saxifraga (Dieckmann 1988) .