Rhaphitropis marchica (Herbst)

Anthribus marchicus Herbst, 1797

Records. KHE* KHR* KYI POL SUM* VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Roubal 1941: 100; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36].

Distribution. Europe (Tryzna & Valentine 2011).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Lyubotyn, Kachowski leg., 28.iv.1934; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Danylivske Forestry, on Pyrus, S.I. Medvedev leg., 06.vi.1946; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW of Chuhuiv, Dachi, mixed forest, logging plot, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, deciduous forest, N. Yunakov leg., 04.vi.1999; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Bezlyudivka, near Udyanka, B. Loboda leg., 9.vi.2009; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 19.vi.2010; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Rohan, B. Loboda leg., 21.v.2013. 1 spec., (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Vasischeve env., Gusinaya Polyana, N 49.827779 E36.276095, B. Loboda leg., 13.v.2012 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) NE env. of Hola Prystan, near Burkuty, S.I. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1951; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec., (KUMN) Trostyanets Forestry, Krasnyanske Division, S.I. Medvedev leg., 10.vi.1959 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in V–VI. Polyphagous on Sordariomycetes (Ascomycota) fungi associated with dead wood of deciduous trees; larva develops in pycnidia (Lompe 2001).