Bagous elegans (Fabricius)

Lixus elegans Fabricius, 1801

Records. ČER* ČRK KHE* KHR* POL* VOL [Kryshtal 1949: 176; Kryshtal 1959: 77; Kravchenko 2010: 60].

Distribution. Europe, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia (Caldara 2013b).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv, Zarichchya island, A.F. Kryshtal leg., 20, 25.vii.1935 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 14 km NW Izyum, Ivanivka, Siverskyi Donets River, Shatrovskyy leg., 01.vi.1981 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 18.ix.1911; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) near Pishcha, Urochyshche Ladinka, A.M. Kravchenko leg., 21.iv.2009 .

Biology. Marshes. Adults occur in V–VIII (Dieckmann 1983). On Poaceae: Phragmites australis (Brauns 1891; Hoffmann 1954; Kryshtal 1959; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1983; Caldara & O’Brien 1998); Glyceria fluitans, G. maxima, Scirpus sp. (Kryshtal 1959); Phalaris arundinacea (Kryshtal 1959; Gosik & Wanat 2014).