Dissoleucas niveirostris (Fabricius)

Anthribus niveirostris Fabricius, 1798

Tropideres niveirostris (Fabricius, 1798)

Records. CRI ČRK KHM KHR KYI LUG TER ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Roubal 1941: 101; Kubisz et al. 1998: 263; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 38; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51].

Distribution. Europe (Tryzna & Valentine 2011).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kaniv Nature Reserve, Kryshtal leg., 14.vii.1948; Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) S slope of Ai-Petri Yaila Mt. Range, Yaltinski Nature Reserve, Uchan-Su, mixed forest, under bark of dead oak, N. Yunakov leg., 15.v.2000; 1f (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya env., 44.828611°N 34.218278°E, 500 m, meadow in mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 15.vi.2010 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sudak Distr., Hambal Mt. Range, watershed of Indol and Suuk-Su Rivers, 44°56'2" N 34°52'3" E, R. Filimonov leg., 8.v.2012 ; 7 spec. (ZIN) Sudak Distr., Lesnoye, R. Filimonov leg., 14.v.2011 . 3 spec. (ZIN) Sudak Distr., Orta-Sirt Mt. Range, Lalel-Oba Mt., watershed of Ai-Serez and Suuk-Su Rivers, N 44° 56’2 ’' E 34° 52’9, 7 ’' 742 m, mixed forest, flotation soil along creek, 44°56'2" N 34°52'7" E, 742m, R. Filimonov leg., 10.v.2012 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., Babai, S.I. Medvedev leg., 22.v.1946 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., Danylivsky arboretum, in leaf litter, B. Loboda leg., 14.v.2013 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, Jakubowski, 24.iv.1911; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, Jakowlew leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Urochysche Horbachykha, sweeping trees, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 21.viii.2000 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SE Mizhhiria, near Mereshor, on Carpinus spec. Yunakov leg., 18.vi.1995 .

Biology. Deciduous forests. Adults occur in IV–VII. On dry and rotten twigs and trunks of deciduous trees.