Melanobaris nigritarsis (Boheman) *

Baridius nigritarsis Boheman, 1844

Records. CRI* DON* LUG* [first record].

Distribution. East and SE Europe, Caucasus (Prena 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, 20.vi.1905 (Yakovlev V.E.) ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 10.iv.1911; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, L. Arnoldi leg., 24.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, L. Arnoldi leg., 26.v.1938; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk, Lukjanovich leg., 23.vi.1939

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in IV–VI. Oligophagous on Brassicaceae: Erucastrum armoracioides, Clausia aprica, Matthiola fragrans, Alyssum spp. [Isayev 2007; Dedyukhin 2014].