Asproparthenis vexata (Gyllenhal)

Bothynoderes vexata Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. CRI ČRK* DON* KHE KHR* KRO* LUG ODE* POL* SUM* ZAP* ŽIT* [Gyllenhal 1834: 240; Lindeman 1871: 285; Medvedev 1953b: 1128; Arnoldi 1956: 312].

Distribution. SE Europe, West Asia, East Palaearctic (excluding north) (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013; Legalov 2010).

Material examined. 79 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC, SSC, YKC) from 11 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Zvenyhorodka Distr., Murzyntsi; 1 spec. (SIZK) Chyhyryn Distr., V. Luchnik leg. ; 2 spec. (ZMUM) Kaniv A. Kryshtal leg., 5.vi.1948; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Pershotravneve Distr., Bilosarayska Spit, in pitfall trap, Martynov leg., 18.vi.1999; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Lozova Distr., Orelka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 11.v.1982 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kirovohrad, 21.v.1939; 1 spec. (IMC) Znamenka, I. Maltsev leg., 9.v.1951; Odesa Prov.: 1spec. (ZIN) Kuyalnitskyi Lyman, 18.ix.1927; 1spec. (ZIN) Hadjibeyskyi Lyman near Odessa, D. Znoiko leg., 6.v.1928; 1spec. (ZIN) Kuyalnitzkyi Lyman, 18.ix.1927; 1spec. (ZIN) Odessa, 24.iii.1927; 2spec. (ZIN) Odessa, Kuyalnitsky Lyman, 4.vi.1922; 1 m (IMC) Odessa, Kuyalnytskyi, 11.v.1947 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Ivanivka Distr., Severinovka, among Salsola, S. Blinstein leg., 4.vi.1968 ; 3 spec. (IMC) Odessa, Zastava-1 railway station, I. Maltsev leg., 22.iv.1946; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiliya Distr., primary steppe, 17.viii.1951 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiliya salt marsh, 13.v.1951; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiliya, Danube floodplain, 5.vii.1951;

Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kremenchugsky Distr., Kamyany Potoki, Savchenko leg., 5.vii.1948 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Pir [yatin], 5.vii.1913 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar leg., 12.viii.1928; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Obitochna Spit, I.I. Vlasov leg., 18.vi.1978 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoalexeyevka, vineyard, 25.vi.1962 ; 3 spec. (SSC) Akimovka Distr., upper of Utlyuk Lyman, S.I. Suchkov leg., 25–30.iv.2012 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 1.vi.1920; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 13.vi.1923; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 11.vi.1928 .

Biology. Marine coasts, sands, saltmarshes. Adults occur in III–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) .

Note. Finding of A. vexata in Podolia Upland (Mazur 2002) marks its western range limit.