Tychius (Tychius) breviusculus Desbrochers

Tychius breviusculus Desbrochers, 1873

Tychius micaceus Rey, 1895

Tychius haematopus: auct. [MI] not Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [Lindemann 1871: 294; Penecke 1928: 375; Smreczyński 1929: 80; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Petrukha et al. 1988: 136; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 241; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005a: 94; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2010d: 90; Nazarenko 2012d: 191; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Caldara 2013a: 163; Nazarenko 2013b: 30].

Distribution. Palearctic (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mekhedovka, V. Kizeritsky leg., 9.vii.1917; Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’ A. Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 18.viii.1903; 1 spec. (ZIN) Shakh-Mama, Kirichenko leg., 14.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Shumi, Kiritschenko leg., 19.vi.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sudak, A.N. Kirichenko leg., 5–6.vi.1915; 2 spec. (ZIN) Dzhankoi Distr., Kyrk Ishun, K. Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1947; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, K. Arnoldi leg., 25.vii.1948; 1 spec. (ZIN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Centralnaya Kotlovina, Tikhonravov leg., 22.vii.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, S. Kuzmina leg., 23.vi.1981; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bakhmut, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.vi.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Arnoldi leg., 25.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Arnoldi leg., 26.v.1937; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Starobelsky uchastok, Silantjev leg., 21.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vii.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 29.vi.1927; 4 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bilovodsk, 9.vi.1952; 4 spec. (ZIN) Yunitsky National Park, G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 20.v.1913; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Meadows, steppes, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Fabaceae: Melilotus altissimus (Hoffmann 1954); M. albus (Hoffmann 1954; Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); M. officinalis (Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988).