Tychius (Tychius) trivialis Boheman

Tychius trivialis Boheman, 1843

Tychius kiesenwetteri Tournier, 1874

Tychius ciceris Penecke, 1922

Records. ČER ČRK* DON* IFR KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI TER VIN [Penecke 1928: 376; Smreczyński 1929: 80; Dieckmann 1988: 400; Caldara 1990: 138; Isayev 1994: 39; Mazur 2002: 242; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Caldara 2013a: 171].

Distribution. Central and SE Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, on Astragalus glycyphylla, Kryshtal, 27.vii.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Lukjanovitch leg., 15.vi.1936 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.vi.1936; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Banne, Siverskyi Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 19.vi.1914 ;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929 .

Biology. Grasslands and forest edge. Adults occur in V–VII (Dieckmann 1988). On Fabaceae: Astragalus cicer (Penecke 1928; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); Astragalus danicus, A. glycyphyllos (Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); A. austriacus (Dieckmann 1988); A. asper (Isayev 2007); A. arenarius (Dedyukhin 2012) .