Melanobaris semistriata (Boheman)

Baridius semistriata Boheman, 1836

Records. CRI DON* KHE LUG MYK* ODE ZAP [Zaslavskij 1956: 369; Korotyaev et al. 1993: 858; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40].

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, Arnoldi leg., 6.v.1923 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 3.iii.1901 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Arnoldi leg., 16.v.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Khroni Mt., Arnoldi leg., 16.v.1923 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol, Inkerman, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 20.ii.1911 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 20.v.1907 . 3 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir Rivervalley, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.v.1899 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kramatorsk env., 1 km ESE of Abazivka, 48, 686°N 37, 613417°E, R. Filimonov leg., 30.iv.2013 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Yagorlytski Kut area, on Sisymbrium loeselii, V. Gorbunov leg., 3.v.1999 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Melovoye, Striletskyi Step Nature Reserve, 49°17'27" N 40°4'50" E, V. Martynov leg., 3.v.1998 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [=Krasnodon], Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, 48°14'12" N 39°44'32" E, D. Shapiroleg., 31.v.1952 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Svatove, floodland meadow, Sheyanova leg., 9.vi.1953; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 35 km NE Voznesensk, Bratskoye Forestry, SSE S.I. Medvedev leg., 2.vi.1955; Odesa Prov.: 5 spec. (KUMN) Dnestrovsky Lyman, left bank, I. Maltsev leg., 20.v.1985; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, slopes of the left bank, I. Maltsevleg., 3.v.1986; 2 spec. (KUMN) Odesa, Botanical Garden, Berezovsky leg., 24.vi.1950 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Berdyansk, Nikolayev leg., 28.iv.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zaporizhia env., S. Alexeenko leg., 7.v.2011 .

Distribution. SE Europe, Cyprus, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle Asia (Prena 2011).

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in II–VI. Oligophagous on Brassicaceae: Cardaria draba, Sisymbrium loeselii .