Mecinus pascuorum (Gyllenhal)

Rhynchaenus pascuorum Gyllenhal, 1813

Records. CRI DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAP ŽIT [Nowicki 1864: 38; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 167; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 42; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 40; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 53; Caldara 2013a: 139; Mikhailov 2013: 115; Nazarenko 2013a: 109; Nazarenko 2013b: 24; Putchkov et al. 2013: 133].

Distribution. Palaearctic; introduced in North America, South Africa and Australia (Caldara 2013a; Caldara & Fogato 2013).

Material examined. 40 specimens (KUMN, SIZK, ZMUN) including: Mykolaiv Prov.: 8 spec. (SIZK) Berezanka Distr., Tiligul Regional Landscape Park, Tashyne env., V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2010 .

Biology. Forest edge, grasslands and stony slopes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–VIII (Lohse & Tischler 1983). On Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976; Lohse & Tischler 1983; Caldara & Fogato 2013).