Hypophyes minutissimus (Tournier)

Nanophyes minutissimus Tournier, 1867

Records. CRI KHE ODE* MYK [Medvedev 1953b: 1138; Arnoldi et al. 1965: 615; Nazarenko 2011c: 39].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Asia Minor and Middle East), Afrotropical Region (Alonso- Zarazaga 2011d)

Material examined. Crimea: 50 spec. (KUMN) W of Eupatoria, Moinak Lake, salt marsh, N. Yunakov leg., 5 May 1998 ; Odesa Prov.: 9 m (SIZK), Kiliya Distr., Vylkove env., Danube River delta, Stambulskiy Island, on Tamarix sp., V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.viii.2010 .

Biology. Sands, coastal salt marsh. Adults occur in VIII. On Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae)