Cyphocleonus adumbratus (Gebler)

Cleonus adumbratus Gebler, 1833

Records. CRI* ČNG* KYI* LUG* ODE POLSUM* ZAP* ŽIT* [Medvedev 1950b; Globova 1958: 164].

Distribution. SE Europe, Kazakhstan, West Siberia (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (IMC) Bilohirsk Distr., Karasivka, M. Eidelberg leg., 1.vi.1978 ;

Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kozelets Distr., Oster, Starosilya, V. V. Sovinsky leg., 22.vii.1922 ; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. (IMC) Hornostaivka Distr., Kairy, 12.vi.1951; Kyiv Prov.: 1spec. (IMC) Kyiv, Dnipro flood, 30.iv.1919 ;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, bank, 7.v.2009 ; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 27.iv.2009; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 6.viii.2008; Poltava Prov.: 28 spec. (IMK) Zinkiv Distr., Chatki, Kystiakowsky leg., 23.viii.1925 ; Sumy Prov.: 13 spec. (ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kamianka-Dniprovska Distr., Vodiane, 20.vi.1951 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Malin, sands, under Artemisia, A. Bogachev leg., 23.x.1944 .

Biology. Sandy habitats. On Artemisia abrotanum (Asteraceae) (Lukjanovitch 1928; Medvedev 1950a).

Notes. C. adumbratus was mistakenly considered as synonym of C. altaicus Gebler, 1830 (Ter-Minasian 1988); meanwhile occurrence of C. altaicus is restricted to Kazakhstan and West Siberia (Fremuth & Meregalli 2013). Historical records of C. altaicus (Lukjanovitch 1928; Kryshtal 1949; Medvedev 1950b; Nemirovskaya 1954; Kharakoz 1955; Globova 1958) in Ukraine are obviously based on misidentification or mislabeled material.