Melicius cylindrus (Boheman)

Rhyncolus cylindrus Boheman, 1838

Records. CRI DON* KHE KHR* KYI LUG LWI ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [Belke 1866: 504; Roubal 1941: 172; Lukjanovich& Arnoldi 1951: 559; Folwaczny 1973: 154 ( Phloeophagus); Mazur 2002: 236 ( Phloeophagus); Nazarenko2012d: 191].

Distribution. Central and South-East Europe, Mediterranean Region, Caucasus, Central Asia.

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Belbek, V. Kizeritsky leg., 1922; Donetsk Prov .: 2 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk Distr., Yasenevoye, L. Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1939 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk Distr., Yarovaya, L. Arnoldi leg., 18.vi.1939 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk Distr., Tat'yanovka, L. Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1938 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk Distr., Bannoye, L. Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 23 km SE Balakleya, Protopopivka env., mixed forest, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 27.vi.2000 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 15.viii.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 12 spec. (KUMN) ca. 17 km SE of Oleshky, Radenskoye Forestry, under bark of Robinia pseudoacacia, Nadvorny leg., 24.viii.1981 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Kozachyi Island, in Populus sp., 11.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Obolonskyi (Obolonska Kosa) Island, pitfall trap near Populus sp., A.A. Petrenko, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.v–16.vi.2011 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (FRC) Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 25.v.–15.vi.2007 ; 1 spec. (FRC) Khortytsia Island, S. Alexeenko leg., 20.v.2004 .

Biology. Floodplains and mixed forests. Adults occur in IV–IX. In dead wood of deciduous and coniferous trees.