Mecinus plantaginis (Eppelsheimer)

Gymnetron plantaginis Eppelsheimer, 1875

Records. DNI DON* KHR LUG SUM* [Isayev 1994: 67; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Caldara & Fogato 2013: 34; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Siberia, Mongolia, North China (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE of Novoazovsk, near Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vii.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Dachi railway platform env., N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 9 km N Chuhuiv, Tetlega env., K.S. Nadein leg., 09.vi.1997 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 30 km Sw of Lebedyn, Mykhailivska tsilyna Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.v.1949 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Lohse & Tischler 1983). On Plantaginaceae: Plantago media (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976; Lohse & Tischler 1983; Caldara & Fogato 2013); P. urvillei (Isayev 2007; Dedyukhin 2012).