Melanobaris carbonaria (Boheman)

Baridius carbonaria Boheman, 1836

Records. CRI ČER DON* IFR KHM LWI POL* RIV TER VIN VOL [Schoenherr 1844: 146; Zaslavskij 1956: 369; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 223].

Distribution. Central an SE Europe, Syria, Afghanistan (Prena 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 3.v.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) Krasnoperekopsk [= Yani Kapu]. Distr., Pavlovka, 5.vi.1991 (Koval A.G.); 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dzhalman, G. Kachowski leg., 3.v.1911 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, L. Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1939;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 16.iv.1911; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Vernigor., 1931.

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Brassicaceae: Bunias orientalis, Crambe tatarica .