Pseudostyphlus pillumus (Gyllenhal)

Erirhinus pillumus Gyllenhal, 1835

Rhynchaenus pilumnus Gravenhorst, 1807

Records. ČER IFR KHM KHR KHE KYI* LWI RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT* [Cherkunov 1889: 189; Penecke 1928: 364; Roubal 1941: 180; Tveritina 1956: 136; Mazur 2002: 238; Kravchenko 2010: 61].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa, West Siberia) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuguev, env. platform Dachi, mixed forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1998 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) SEE Kharkiv env., Dokuchaeva env., sweeping on Achillea, N.N. Yunakov leg., 04.vii.1999 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalche Division, Kinburn peninsula, steppe, Gorbunov leg., 12.v.1999 ; 10 spec. (KUMN) idem, Jagorlytskij Kut Division, sea coast, in flood refuse, Gorbunov leg., 03.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Gorbunov leg., 03.v.1999; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyivskij ujezd; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Teremky, sparse oak forest, meadow plants, A. Bogachev leg., 14.vi.1957 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vinnitsa, floodland meadow, Trapeznikova leg., 01.viii.1997; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, meadow, Trapeznikova leg., 14.vii.1997; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) near Pishcha, Urochyshche Zhyrnia, O.M. Kravchenko leg., 7.vi.2001 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) env. Novohrad-Volynsky, Mikhajlov leg., 18.v.1911 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in VI. Oligophagous on Asteraceae: Matricaria inodora, Anthemis, Achillea spp. ( A. millefolium) (Dieckmann 1986; Mazur 2002)