Larinus (Larinomesius) canescens Gyllenhal

Larinus canescens Gyllenhal, 1835

Larinus marginicollis Petri, 1907

Records. CRI DON KYI LUG LWI MYK* ZAP ZAK [Volovnik 1995a: 316; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Karadagh, Shatrovky leg., vii.1996; 3 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, on Centaurea salonitana, K. Arnoldi leg., 9.vii.1948 ; 5 spec. (ZIN) Saki, 22.vi; 1 spec. (IMC) Feodosia, I. V. Maltsev leg., 23.vii.1950; 1 spec. (IMC) Feodosia, I. V. Maltsev leg., 29.viii.1950; 1 spec. (IMC) “ Crimea ”, Kishlov leg., 10.vii.1937; 1 spec. (IMC) Alushta, A. Bogachev leg., 18.vii.1953; 1 spec. (SIZK) Bilohirsk Distr., Bila Skelya, 3.vii.1968 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Karadag, G. Kostylyov leg., 1928; Donetsk Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, in Centaurea orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982 ; 4 spec. (SIZK) idem, S. V. Volovnik leg., in C. orientalis flower heads, 1.viii.1982 ; 5 spec. (SIZK) idem, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.viii.1982; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, Volovnik leg., 17.vi.1983; 5 spec. (SIZK) Sviatohirsk Distr., Bogorodychne, chalky slope, S. V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pushcha- Voditsya, pinery, 8.vi.1937 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Milove Distr., Striltsivskyi Step Nature Reserve, on C. orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; 1spec. (SIZK) idem, S.I. Medvedev, 27.vi.1949; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sambir Distr., Rudky, 13.vi.1965; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 40929) Mykolaiv City envb., N47.040139, E31.994867, observed by R. Stepoviy, 17.vii.2017 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zaporizhia, Khortytsia Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.vii.1982; 5 spec. (SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, in C. orientalis flower heads, S. V. Volovnik leg., 15.vi.1983 .

Biology. Primary steppes. Beetles occure in VI–VII. Oligophagous on Centaurea (Asteraceae): C. orientalis (Volovnik 1996a), C. ornata (Cobo et al. 2014) .

Notes. Record in Ivano-Frankivsk Province (Sirenko & Slobodian 2012) is based on misidentification.