Cionus gebleri Gyllenhal *

Cionus gebleri Gyllenhal, 1838

Records. ODE* ZAP* [first record].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Nechainoye, V. Kizeritsky leg., 30.v.1923; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, S. V. Winter leg., 22.vi.1985 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VI. On Verbascum phoeniceum (Scrophulariaceae) (Smreczyński 1976).