Baris spitzyi (Hochhuth) *

Baridius spitzyi Hochhuth, 1847

Records. ODE* ZAP* [first record].

Distribution. Central and SE Europe, Caucasus. Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) N of Odesa, right shore of Kuyalnitsky Lyman, 2.V.1986;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, in debris, S. V. Volovnik leg., 12.vi.1986 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in V–VI. On Asteraceae: Artemisia campestris (Smreczyński

1974), Tripolium sp. (Korotyaev et al. 2001).