Theophilea subcylindricollis Hladil, 1988

Gubin, O. I. & Pljushtch, I. G., 2019, The first records of Calamobius filum (Rossi, 1790) and Theophilea subcylindricollis Hladil, 1988 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiini) from Kyiv Region, Ukraine, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 10 (1), pp. 15-17 : 16

Theophilea subcylindricollis Hladil, 1988 ( Figs 3–4)

Material examined: Ukraine: Kyiv Region, Obukhiv Distr., Pidhirtsi vill. env., 50.1400°N 30,3207°E, 10.05.2018, 12 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) ; idem, 27.05.2018, 24 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) ; idem, 01.06.2018, 70 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) ; idem, 07.06.2018, 7 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) ; Kyiv, Bykivnia vill. env., 50.2834°N 30,3942°E, 15– 21.05.2018, 10 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) .

Xerotermophilous species that initially occurred in Pannonian and North Ponticus Basins ( Bartenev, 2009; Zamoroka, 2017). Since 2000ʼs its is expanding distribution westward, northward, and eastward. Now the species is registered in Czech Republic, Hungary,

through the all region ( Martynov & Pisarenko, 2004). Theophilea subcylindricollis is absent in Crimea ( Bartenev, 2009; Bartenev & Terekhova, 2011), but Zamoroka notes Crimea as the part of initial areal ( Zamoroka, 2017). In 2004 T. subcylindricollis was firstly registered in Kharkiv Region, and now it has become a common species ( Bartenev & Terekhova, 2006). In 2016–2017 the mass invasion of T. subcylindricollis was observed into Carpathian-Podillya region ( Zamoroka & Kapelyukh, 2016; Zamoroka, 2017).

In 2018, the mass invasion of T. subcylindricollis was recorded in Kyiv Region near the southern border of Kyiv (Obukhiv Distr.) as well as within the city (Desnianskyi

Distr.).