Lixus (Broconius) rubicundus Zoubkoff

Lixus rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833

Lixus flavescens Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON* KHE* KHM KRO* KYI LUG* MYK* ODE POL SUM* TER ZAP* [Łomnicky 1877: 152, 1884: 31; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1928; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 232; Gromenko, Pyshkin & Puzanov 2007: 23–24].

Distribution. West Palearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 93 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC) from 15 provinces were studied. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Tetyanivka, Donets River, Arnoldi leg., 17.vi.1938 ; spec. (SIZK) Sloviansk Distr., Bohorodichne, S. V. Volovnik leg., on Chenopodium urbicum, 22.vi.1983 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Lyman Distr., Zakitne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.v.1983 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 17.vi.1983 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Severodonetsk, right bank of Siversky Donets River, B. V. Volkov leg., 22.xii.1979; 4 spec. (SIZK) Milove Distr., Striltsivskyi Step Nature Reserve, 24.v.1949; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sverdlovsk Distr., Provalskyi Step Nature Reserve, 19.vi.1947 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Stanytsia Luhanska Distr., Nova Ilyenko, S. V. Volovnik leg., [vii.1983] .; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sverdlovsk Distr., Provalye, Korolivsky Rocks, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.vii.1983 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Bilovodsk Distr., Horodyshche, Derkul River floodland, 2.vi.1933 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Svatove, 5.vi.1953; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Bratske, Forestry, 2.vi.1955; 1 spec. (IMC) Snihurivka Distr., Svitla Dacha, V. K. Rafalskyj leg., 10.vi.1962 ;

Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Berdyansk, 15.vi.1941; 5 spec. (SIZK) Zaporizhia, Khortitzya Island, on Chenopodium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 13.viii.1982; 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, Altagir forest, S. V . Volovnik leg., 2.vi.1980; 1 spec. (SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, S. V . Volovnik leg., 14.vi.1983.

Biology. Secondary grasslands, forests, salty and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Chenopodium, Kochia, Suaeda, Anabasis spp.— Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Behne 1981; Dieckmann 1983; Krivosheina 1975; Nikulina 1989; Volovnik 1994b).