Lixus (Dilixellus) punctiventris Boheman

Lixus punctiventris Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI DON DNI KHR LUG* MYK* POL VIN * ZAK ZAP* [Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Kryshtal 1949: 54; Solodovnikova 1978: 78; Roubal 1941: 164; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Mazur 2002: 232].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Weill 2011; Baitenov 1974; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (IMC) Balaklava Distr., Oboronne, near river, 22.v.1952; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Oleshky [= Tsiurupynsk], Rafalskyj leg., 1.vi.1963; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, I. V. Maltsev leg., 6.vi.1956; 2 spec. (KUMN) Hola Pristan Distr., Rybalche, Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, V. Gorbunov leg., 10.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) environs of Tsiurupynsk, M. Sheygas leg., 6.v.1996;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Sverdlovsk Distr., Provalskyi Step Nature Reserve, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 15.vii.2002 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Nova Odesa Distr., Kostyantynivka, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 6.vi.2000 ;

Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (SSC) 8 km S of Chechelnyk, N48.212222, E29.362222, S. Suchkov leg., 21.vi.2016 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) 5 km S Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v. 2003 .

Biology. Grasslands and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VII. On Senecio, Picris and Crepis spp. ( Asteraceae) (Stejskal 2005; Wanat 2011).