Plinthus (Plinthomeleus) sturmii sturmii Germar

Plinthus sturmii Germar, 1819

Records. ČER IFR KHM LWI TER VIN ZAK [Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 24; Lindeman 1871: 313; Łomnicki 1886: 207; 1884: 31; 1905: 72; Nowicki 1873: 34; Penecke 1928: 360; Tveritina 1956: 143; Mazur 2002: 237].

Material examined. Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) #548, Haisyn Distr., prov. Podolia, A. Vinnitsky leg. ;

Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Medobory Nature Reserve, Gorodnytske Forestry, q. 23/26, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11–14.vi.2004 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Kuzy Division, near stream, under Petasites hybridus, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 10.vii.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Marmarosh Mts., NE slope of Pip Ivan Mt., K. Nadein leg., 17.vii.2002 .

Distribution. Central and East Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013)

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in VI–VII. Polyphagous, documented on Lathraea squamaria (Orobanchaceae) (Smreczyński 1968; Mazur 2002).