Cionus clairvillei Boheman

Cionus clairvillei Boheman, 1838

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON* IFR KHM KYI LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ŽIT [Boheman in Schoenherr 1838: 730; Schoenherr 1845: 179; Łomnicki 1874: 17; Łomnicki 1884: 33; 1886: 218; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Penecke 1928: 378; Wingelmüller 1937: 184; Gumovsky 1997: 61; Mazur 2002: 226; Caldara 2004a; Caldara 2013a: 123; Nazarenko 2013b: 20].

Distribution. Europe (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovytsya, Grum- Grzhimailo leg., vi.1895 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, Desna floodplain, A.A. Petrenko leg., 15.vi.2006 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 5.vi.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.vi.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 6.viii.1927; 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava Distr., Svynkovka, D. Ogloblin leg., 20.vi.1913 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1913; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaseneve, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., vi.1939 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 1.vii.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.vi.1938; 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., viii.1934 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 20.vii.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1938 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 2.v.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 17.v.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) 1.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kosmodamianovskij Monastery, Th.Lukjanovich, 15.vi.1927 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Scrophulariaceae: Scrophularia nodosa (Penecke 1928); Verbascum thapsus (Penecke 1928; Gumovsky 1997); V. nigrum, V. lychnitis (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976); V. phlomoides (Smreczyński 1976) .