Tychius (Tychius) squamulatus Gyllenhal

Tychius squamulatus Gyllenhal, 1835

Tychius flavicollis: auct. [MI] not Stephens, 1831

Records. CRI ČER ČNG* ČRK* DNI KHM KYI LWI POL* TER VIN ŽIT* [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1835: 404; Schoenherr 1843: 299; Lindemann 1871: 286; Łomnicki 1891: 22; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Iljin 1926: 228; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 242; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2012d: 191; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Caldara, 2013b: 170].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, West Siberia, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Kryshtal, 2.vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., vi.1907 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Antonivka, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 24.vii.1925 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets- Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 10.vi.1911; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.vi.1926; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Steppes, rocks. Adults occur in V–VIII (Dieckmann 1988). On Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae) (Hoffmann 1954; Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988).