Aulacobaris janthina (Boheman)

Baridius janthina Boheman, 1836

Records. CRI ČRK DNI DON KHE KHR LUG MYK* ODE POL ZAP [Schoenherr 1844: 162, Lindeman 1871: 285; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. West Palaearctic.

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizeritsky V . leg., 1906; Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Eupatoria, Taran leg., 20.iv.1994 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kerch Distr., Khroni Mt., Arnoldi leg., 06.v.1923 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi L. V. leg., 21.vi.1938; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, Arnoldi L. V. leg., 20.v.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Lipovaya Roscha, Kakhowski leg., 24.v.1931 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kupiansk env., 03.v.1928; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Pipich leg., 09.v.1974; 1 spec. (KUMN) W of Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 20.v.1928 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) near Malaya Lepetikha, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1951; 2 spec. (KUMN) between Malaya Lepetikha and Pervomaisk, S.I. Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1951; 1 spec. (KUMN) Hola Prystan env., Kardashinskoe Boloto, S.I. Medvedev leg., 07.vi.1951; 18 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Yagorlytski Kut area, on Sisymbrium loeselii L., Gorbunov leg., 03.v.1999 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, v.1923 ; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, Dobzhansky & Spet leg., 20, 23.v.1923; 7 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, M.E. Ter-Minasian leg., 25.v.1933 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 30 km E Luhansk, Kruzhilovka, chalky slope, D.S. Shapiro leg., 06.vi.1952 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [= Krasnodon], Provalskaya steppe Nature Reserve, D.S. Shapiro leg., 02.vi.1952 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation) Mykolaiv, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 2.v.2016; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, Fischer E. leg., 1 spec. (KUMN) 18 km E Bilhorod- Dnistrovskyi, near Monashi, Kotomenko leg., 11.vi.1966; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 22.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Lukjanovich leg., 30.iv.1926; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) NE of Melitopol, Staroberdyanske Forestry, V. Solodovnikova leg., 23.vi.1965 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Brassicaceae: Thlaspi arvense, Armoracia rusticana, Raphanus raphanistrum, Sisymbrium loeselii, S. wolgensis, Erucastrum armoracioides, Alliaria petiolata, Diplotaxis viminea, Cardaria draba (Isaev 2007) .

Note. Described from Crimea.