Temnocerus coeruleus (Fabricius)

Attelabus coeruleus Fabricius, 1798

Rhynchites tomentosus Gyllenhal, 1839

Rhynchites uncinatus C. G. Thomson, 1865

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Łomnicki 1891: 23; Penecke 1928: 383; Medvedev 1950c: 99; Medvedev et al. 1953: 22; Kryshtal 1959: 72; Medvedev 1963: 77; Tveritina 1966: 50; Lavrukh 1969: 62; 1971: 23; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 68; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Nazarenko 2009b: 498; Sumarokov 2009: 163; Nazarenko 2012f: 50].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Snovsk Distr., env. of Elino P.N. Sheshurak leg., 4.vii.1995 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) Semenivka Distr., Medvedivka, L.A. Litvin leg., 7.vii.1994; 1 spec. (NSPU) Nizhyn Distr., Khvylevka, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 21.v.1994; 1 spec. (KUMN) 57 km SW Nizhyn, env. of Jaroslavka, 50º 40' N, 31º 18' E, mixed forest, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 21.vi.1989 ; Crimea: 3 spec. (KUMN) 16 km S Bilohirsk, env. of Krasnosjolovka, bottom of dry river, on Salix spp., S. Medvedev leg., 13.vi.1957 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka, edge of ravine forest, bottom of ravine, 28.v.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km S Kharkiv, Udjanskaja railway station, sifting from litter, B. Loboda leg., 03.vi.2014 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 9 km SW Zmiiv, Bespalovskaya Forest Research Station, D.S. Shapiro leg., 15.v.1950 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 23 km SE Balaklia, mixed forest Protopopivka, on Alnus, S. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 23.v.2012 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, wet meadow, on Rubus sp., N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Soleno-Ozernaja dacha, sweeping, O. V. Lavrukh leg., 15.v.1968 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Botanical garden, Teligulskij leg., 23.v.1952 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SSE Krasnodon [= Sorokyne], Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, stony steppe, S. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1947 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Svatovo, floodland Krasnaja River, D.S. Shapiro leg., 09.vi.1953 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SW Lviv, Obroshine railway station, edge of mixed forest, motley grass, N. Yunakov leg., 13.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) SW Lviv, env. of Basyuvka, forest boundary, on Leucanthemum vulgare, D.V. Vovk leg., 13.vi.1995 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake, V. Yu. Nazareno leg., 14.vi.2008 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Starosil’s’ke Forestry, Kosmichni ponds, G.D. Nuzhna leg., 11.vi.2008; Zakarpatska Prov.: 16 spec. (SIZK) Irshava Distr., near Kamenka, O. V. Lavrukh leg., 7.vi.1969 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Vynohradiv env., Chorna Hora, N slopes, O. V. Lavrukh leg., 4.vi.1969; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Mizhhiria, Mereshor env., on Betula, N. Yunakov leg., 17.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Salix caprea, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vi.1995 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Salix caprea, N. Yunakov leg., 21.vi.1995 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 40 km NNE Uzhhorod, env. of Kostrina, 48º 57' N, 22º 36' E, Kostrynske Forestry, mixed forest, sweeping on Arctium, 24.v.1962 ;

Biology. Mountain slopes, forests, gardens. Adults occur in V–IX. On Betula spp., Alnus spp. ( Betulaceae), Malus spp. ( Rosaceae), Salix spp., sometimes Populus spp. ( Salicaceae) (Lavrukh 1971; Dieckmann 1974)