Anthribus scapularis (Gebler) *

Brachytarsus scapularis Gebler, 1833

Records. KHE* MYK* [first record].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Tryzna & Valentine 2011).

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 1 f (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanski Division, on Betula obscura, V.Yu. Gorbunov leg., 13.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Oleshky env., Oleshkivski Pisky, on Betula, V.M. Ermolenko leg., 31.v.1974 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Pivdennyi Bug River valley, 47'59'' N, 31'00'' E, on Adonis vernalis flower, R. E. Krivosheev leg., 11.iv.2016 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. On dry and rotten twigs and trunks of deciduous and coniferous trees.