Pleurocleonus quadrivittatus (Zoubkoff)

Cleonus quadrivittatus Zoubkoff, 1829

Cleonus bicarinatus Gyllenhal, 1834 [HN].

Records. CRI* DON KHR KHM* LUG ODE* POL [Chernay 1854: 241; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; 1930: 22; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Medvedev & Solodovnikova 1974: 102].

Distribution. SE Europe, West Siberia, Middle Asia (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., iii.1908; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 2.iv.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’, 1 spec. (IMC) 7 km SE Simferopol, in litter under oat, I.Maltsev leg., 16.ii.1952 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Artyomovsk [=Bakhmut], Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.vi.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, vi.1893; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., v.1938 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv, biological station, Arnoldi, x.1928; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets–Podilskyi, V. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski, 27.iv.1911 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Starobelsk Forestry, willow plantation, Sylantyev leg, 2.ix.1897; 1 spec. (PIN) Bilovodsk Distr., Derkul, pasture, Zlotin leg., 8.vi.1972 ; Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Tatarbunary, Chernavin leg., 2.v.1911 .

Biology. Primary steppes and chalky slopes. Adults occur in IV–X.

Notes. Taxonomy of the genus is uncertain (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013). Records in regional checklists should be guardedly accepted. Record from Kiev Governorate (Lukjanovitch 1928) is provisionally adopted here to province level: ČRK KRO KYI VIN. ŽIT.