Melanobaris hochhuthi (Faust)

Baris hochhuthi Faust, 1888

Records. CRI* DON DNI KHE* KHR LUG POL SUM* [Korotyaev et al.1993: 858].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan (Prena 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Sudak Distr., 17 km N Sudak, near Grushevka, Belaya Hora Mt., 45°0'38" N 34°58'52" E, 330m, steppe, S.I. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1957 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Donetsk, Kalmius River bank, V. Martynov leg., 7.xi.1996 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kramatorsk, 48, 687361°N 37, 590528°E, forest belt along the railway, R. Filimonov leg., 18.iv.2011 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk., L. Arnoldi leg., 25.v.1938 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 17 km SSW Velykyi Burluk, Nesterivka, V. Grubnik leg., 9.vi.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SSW Velykyi Burluk, Chervona Hvylya, Gramma leg., 10.x.1971 ; 1 spec. (KUMN), idem, Gramma leg., 28.x.1970; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano- Rybalchanski Division, D. Shapiro leg., 5.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) near Hola Prystan, Zimmerwald, salty steppe, S.I. Medvedev leg., 5.vi.1951 . 1 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, Burkuty env., D. Shapiro leg., 2.vi.1951 ;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Melovoye, Striletskyi Step Nature Reserve, 49°17'27" N 40°4'50" E, D. Shapiro leg., 5.vi.1953 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [=Krasnodon], Provalskaya steppe Nature Reserve, 48°14'12" N 39°44'32" E, steppe, on Crambe, D. Shapiro leg., 2.vi.1952 ; 11 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk, Lukjanovich leg., 13.v.1928; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 22.ix.1925; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 30 km NW Lebedyn, Mykhailivska tsilyna Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1953 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in IV–VI and IX–XI. On Crambe (Brassicaceae) .