Alcidodes karelini (Boheman)

Alcides karelini Boheman, 1844

Records. ODE [Nazarenko & Nekrasova 2011: 512 ( Sternuchopsis)].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, SW Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013)

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (NC) Odesa Distr., shore of Sukhoy Lyman, near Ilyitshevsk port, on sand, 46°19.4512'N, 30°40.8927'E, O.D. Nekrasova leg., 17.viii.2011 .

Biology. Sandy habitats. Adults occur in VIII. On Convolvulaceae (Arnoldi et al. 1965)

Note. Discovery of A. karelini in north Black Sea region endorses the hypotesis that its range fits to coast line of ancient Neothethys Sea.