Lixus (Eulixus) punctirostris Boheman

Lixus punctirostris Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON KHR KYI LUG POL VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [Penecke 1923: 185, 1928: 358; Volovnik 2007: 525; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Volovnik et al. 2015].

Distribution. SE Europa (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zvenihorodka Distr., Gusakovo, 15.v.1922 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Snovsk Distr., Chervony Dolzhyk, V.N. Pavlyuk leg., 1.ix.2004 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Simferopol, Salgir River, 10.v.1925 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Svatove, 10.vi.1953 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Petrovskoye Distr., Protopopivka, 20.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum Distr., Zavody, V. Vedmederya leg., 18.v.1987 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv env., 17.iv ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uzin, 27.v.1922 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 25.vi.1923 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 28.iv.1930 [or 1936].; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Priazovske Distr., Molochnyi Lyman, Oleksandrivska Spit, 21.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, on Crambe, S.V. Volovnik leg., 4.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Molochnyi Lyman, Podkova Island, Volovnik leg., 21.vi.1980 .

Biology. Coastal habitats, xerothermic slopes, roadsides. Adults occur in V–VII. Imago feeds on Berteroa incana (Brassicaceae) (Lukjanovitch 1930).

Notes. Record from Podolia Upland (Mazur 2002) is provisionally adopted here to province level: IFR KHM LWI TER VIN.