Lixus (Phillixus) subtilis Boheman

Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* DON KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI* LUG LWI MYK ODE POL SUM* ZAP

ŽIT* [Penecke 1932: 351; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Mazur 2002: 232; Volovnik 2007: 525].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 83 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, ZMUM, NSPU, IMC) from 20 provinces were studied. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Simferopol, 10.x.1925; 1 spec. (IMC) Bilohirsk Distr., Bila Skelya, I. V. Maltsev leg., 10.v.1953 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta Distr., Semidvirya, L. Bianki leg., 10–12.ix.1910; 2 spec. (SIZK) Chervonogvardyiske Distr., sugar beet plantation, vi.1981 ; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Samarskyi Forest, Goncharenko leg., 5.vi.1952; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, on Chenopodium album I. Maltsev leg., 8.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Bilozerka, I. Maltsev leg., 3.vii.1959; 1 spec. (IMC) Askania-Nova, Rafalskyj leg., 12.v.1967; 1 spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Burkuty, 31.v.1951; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Dolinska Distr., Pershotravneve, on Amaranthus, I. Pisnya leg., viii.1983 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoukrayinka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 16.vii.1983; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Khotiv, M. Nesterov leg., 1.vii.1977; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sambir Distr., Rudky, 13.vi.1965; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) “Starobelsk Uyezd”, Silantjev leg. 17.ix.1897; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Snihurivka Distr., Svitla Dacha, V. K. Rafalskyj leg., 22.v.1965 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Pervomays`k Distr., Chausovo, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.iv.1983; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Tyligulskyi Lyman, Nesterov, 28.v.1980; Poltava Prov.: 17.v.1924; Sumy Prov.: Konotop, 1911; Zhyromyr Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 25.vi.1923; 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 28.iv.1936; 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, Bogachev, 25.ix.1949 .

Biology. Xerothermic and ruderal habitats, tree plantations. Beetles occure in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Amaranthaceae (Dieckmann 1983; Vráblová et al. 2000).

Notes. One of the sufficient pests on beet and amaranths.