Maximus strabus (Gyllenhal)

Bothynoderes strabus Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. CRI ČNG DNI* DON* KHE KHR KRO* LUG MYK* ODE POL ZAP VOL [Chernay 1854: 242; Lindeman 1871: 285; Pliginskyj 1916: 31; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Shapiro 1930: 141; Medvedev 1953b: 1128; Arnoldy 1956: 283, 312, 334; Globova 1958: 164; Medvedev 1966: 119; Medvedev et al. 1953: 23].

Distribution. SE Europe, Middle East, Transcaucasia, Iran, Middle Asia, West Siberia, Mongolia (Alonso- Zarazaga et al. 2017).

Material examined. 85 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUSK NSPU, ZMUM, IMC, SKC, SSC) from 11 provinces were studied. Dnipro Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) Dnipro, M. Bogorodsky leg., 19.iv.1920; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Horlivka, 1962; Kropyvnytskyi Prov .: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kropyvnytskyi [= Yelizavetgrad], Ye. Yatsentovskyi leg., 5.v.1905; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Ochakiv Distr., Porutino, Olvia Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.v.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kazanka Distr., Vladimirovka, Forestry, forest edge, 19.vii.1954 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Berezanka Distr., Kobleve, 12.viii.1940 .

Biology. Salty and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–VIII. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) .

Notes. Record inVolyn Province (Medvedev 1966) requires confirmation.