Cosmobaris scolopacea (Germar)

Baris scolopacea Germar, 1819

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHE* KHM KRO* KYI LWI ODE TER VINZAP [Schoenherr 1844: 161; Globova 1958: 160; Mazur 2002: 224; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north); introduced inNorth America (Prena 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Crimea, Wagner leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyrk-Ishun-Dzhami, K. V. Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1947; 1 spec. (KUMN) Bilohirsk Distr., 25 km E Simferopol, Mezhgorje env., Burulça River valley, 44°58'39" N 34°24'41" E, S.I. Medvedev leg., 19.vi.1957 . 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria Distr., Jakovlev leg., 18.vii.1898 ; 1 spec. (KUMN), 17 km N Sudak, near Grushevka, Belaya Hora Mt., 45°0'38" N 34°58'52" E, 330m, S.I. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1957 ; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Vyshneve (= Erastivka), on sugar beet, entom. fields, B. Bielsky leg., 19.vii.1926 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec., Mayaki, 17.vii.1938 Arnoldi leg., (ZIN). 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1938 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN), Derhachi Distr., Lisne, 50, 105787°N 36, 256061°E, steppe, B. Loboda leg., 15.vi.2014 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) between Mala Lepetykha and Pervomajsk, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1951 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Yagorlytski Kut area, Drogvalenko leg., 14.vii.1994 ; 4 spec. (SVC) Henichesk, Arabatska Strilra Spit, S. V. Volovnikleg., 22.vi.1986 ;

Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kirovograd, Korotkova leg., 19.vi.1965; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv env., Sviatoshyne; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Akymiv Distr., Rodionivka env., Molochnyi Lyman coast, salt marshes, sweeping, A.Z. Osychniuk leg., 20.vi.1968 .

Biology. Grasslands and salty steppes. Adults occur in VI–VII. Oligophagous on Amaranthaceae: Chenopodium album, Suaeda maritima, Atriplex patula, Beta vulgaris, Halimione portulacoides, Salicornia herbacea, Salsola .