Gymnetron veronicae (Germar)

Cionus veronicae Germar, 1821

Records. ČER IFR KHE KHM KRO KYI LUG LWI ODE POL RIV TER SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38; Belke 1866: 504; Nowicki 1873: 36; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Pyatakova 1930: 333; Roubal 1941: 244; Tveritina 1956: 138; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; 1998b: 119; 1999: 532; Mazur 2002: 229; Caldara 2008a: 41–43; Nazarenko 2010a: 703; 2013b: 21].

Distribution. West palaearctic (excluding south) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, floodplain of Desna River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2006 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Husiatyn Distr., env. of Vikno, swamp, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 25.vi.2007 .

Biology. Floodlads, meadows, swamps. Adults occur in VI. On Veronica beccabunga, adults also on V. anagallis-aquatica and V. scutellata (Plantaginaceae) (Caldara 2008a)