Bradybatus (Bradybatus) creutzeri Germar

Bradybatus creutzeri Germar, 1824

Records. CRI IFR KHM KYI LWI TER VIN ZAK [Lindeman 1871: 314; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Roubal 1941: 189; Kuntze 1933: 258; Dieckmann 1968: 515–517; Zemkova 1972: 45–49; Zerova & Zemkova 1975: 81–84; Mazur 2002: 224; Nazarenko 2012b: 123].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north and west) (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 2m, 2f (YNc) Yalta Distr., Nikitski Botanical Garden CR-12-13a, N44.512778 E34.229167, beating, ruderal area, N.N. Yunakov leg., 26.iv.2012 ; 3m (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., 13 km SSE Simferopol, Krasnolissya env. CR-10-89, N44.828611 E34.218278, sifting leaf litter under Corylus, meadow in mixed nemoral forest,, N.N. Yunakov leg., 15.v.2010 ; 1f (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., Chatyr Dag Mt. Range, Orlinoje Canyon CR-10-62, N44.817278 E34.309694, sifting leaf litter, mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 07.v.2010 ; 2m, 2f (ZMUN) Feodosiya Distr., Karadag Nature Reserve, Karadagsky stream CR-10-42, N44.924667 E35.209, sifting leaf litter, mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; 1m (ZMUN) Feodosiya Distr., Karadag Nature Reserve, Karadagsky stream CR-10-44, N44.924944 E35.209, sifting leaf litter, mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010; 45 spec. (ZMUN) Feodosiya Distr., Karadag Nature Reserve, S slope of S, N44.933556 E35.210278, sifting leaf litter, mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010 ; 6 (ZMUN) Feodosiya Distr., Karadag Nature Reserve, N44.93125 E35.220222, sifting leaf litter, mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 28.v.2010 ; 1m (ZMUN) Alushta Distr., Chatyr Dag Mt. Range, S slope CR-10- 24, N44.742778 E34.305278, in leaf litter and under stones, montane steppe, N.N. Yunakov leg., 27.v.2010 ; 1m (YNc) Alushta Distr., Chatyr Dag Mt. Range, Kutuzovskoye lake env. CR-10-21, N44.738306 E34.337028, sweeping at night, meadow in mixed nemoral forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 26.v.2010; 10 spec. (ZIN) Bakhchisarai Distr., Ai-Petrinskaya Yaila Mt. Range, 4 km SW Bolshoi Canyon, Chainyi Domik Hut, N44.502263 E33.946002, sifting leaf litter, Fagus-Acer-Quercus forest, N.N. Yunakov leg., 22.v.2000 .

Biology. Deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Acer campestre, A. opalus (= opulifolium)

( Sapindaceae) (Dieckmann 1968; 1988)