Magdalis (Magdalis) frontalis (Gyllenhal)

Thamnophilus frontalis Gyllenhal, 1827

Records. CRI* ČNG DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 27; Nowicki 1873: 38; Łomnicki 1884: 32; 1886: 213; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Barrios 1986: 398; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Mazur 2002: 232; Nazarenko 2009b: 500; 2010b: 174; 2012a: 220; 2012f: 53].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Barrios & Korotyaev 2013)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg.; 4 spec. (KUMN) 16 km SEE Balaklia, env. of Savintsy, Fedorov leg., 20.vi.1926 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, on pine twigs, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 4.vi.2004 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 10.vi.1999; 5 spec. (KUMN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998; 3 spec. (KUMN) env. Nova Vodolaha, Bondarenko leg., 26.v.1977; 1 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Krynicki leg., 1832; 2 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Shkaff leg.; Kherson Prov.: 12 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Solenoozernyi Division, V. Yu. Gorbunov leg., 12.v.1999 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Pushcha, 17.v.1918; 1 spec. (SIZK) Pushcha-Voditsa, 5.vi.1923; 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dnieper River, Kazachij Island, in pine twigs, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 9.ix.2009 (emerged by February, 2010) ; Rivne Prov.: 12 spec. (SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Khmil env., on pine trees, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2008 ; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Konotop, Tupik leg., 25.v.1990; Crimea: 1 spec. (FRC) Sudak Distr., Morske, on Pinus sp., R. V. Filimonov leg., 1.v.2010

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in V–VI. In young drying Pinus sylvestris, P. montana, P. montana uncinata, P. austriaca (Pinaceae) (Barrios 1986)