Metadonus distinguendus (Boheman)

Phytonomus distinguendus Boheman, 1842

Records. ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE KHR LUG LWI ODE POL ZAK [Penecke 1928: 361; Nazarenko et al. 1998b: 119; 1999: 532; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 48; Nazarenko et al. 1999: 532; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Mazur 2002: 232; Sumarokov 2009: 178].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa and Middle East) (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Keleberda., floodplain Dnieper River, 27.vii.1948 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Izyum, Donetske Forestry, Tropinka camp, Yakushenko leg. , summer 1967; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Biological station of Kharkiv University, Arnoldi leg., x.1929 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Yagorlytsky Kut Division, light trap, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 14.vii.1994 ;

Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (GC) Odesa, light trap, A. V . Gontarenko leg., 19.vii.1995; 1 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env. of Korsuntsy, under stone, A. V . Gontarenko leg., 3.vi.1996; 2 spec. (SIZK) Odesa env., left bank of Kuyalnytskyi Lyman, V . Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.ix.1998; 1 spec. (GC) idem, pitfall trap, A. Orlov leg., 16.viii.–1.ix.1984; 1 spec. (GC) ca. 80 km N Odesa, env. Berezovka, Berezovsky forest, pitfall trap, A. V . Gontarenko leg., 13.ix.1997 – 26.iv.1998; 1 spec. (SIZK) Danubian floodplains ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovich leg., 13.viii.1933 .

Biology. Steppes, floodplains, sandy and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in VII–X. Probably on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Arnoldi et al. 1965)