Tychius (Tychius) aureolus Kiesenwetter

Tychius aureolus Kiesenwetter, 1851

Tychius femoralis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville, 1863

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [Rybiński 1897: 60; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Penecke 1928: 376; Smreczyński 1929: 79; Shapiro 1930: 143; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev et al. 1952: 349, 352; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Arnoldi 1956: 284; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Petrukha et al. 1988: 136; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 241; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005a: 94; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Nazarenko 2010d: 90; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Caldara 2013a: 163].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, 21.vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv NatureReserve, 25.vi.1936; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stary Krym, Kirichenko leg., 12.v.1906; 2 spec. (ZIN) Korbekli, Kiritschenko leg., 24.v.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kurtsy, K. Arnoldi leg., 13.vii.1947; 2m (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve W slope of Karagaç Mt. Range N44° 54' 47.7'' E35° 12' 26.0'' steppe slope sweeping, N. Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; 1f (ZMUN) idem, Karadagsky stream N44° 55' 28.8'' E35° 12' 32.4'' steppe slope sweeping, N. Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 4 spec. (ZIN) meadow near Netrius River, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, S. V. Winter leg., 18.vi.1979 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 29.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vii.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaseneve, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1937; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1927; 1 (KUMN) 10 km SSW Melovoye, Streltsovsky Step Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.v.1949 ; Lviv Prov.: 4 (KUMN) 10 km SW of Lviv, Obroshine railway station env., N. Yunakov leg., 13.vi.1995 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Novy Vorms, Pervomajsky env., A.Kirichenko leg., 27.vi.1925; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rivne Distr.; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Dry meadows, slopes, agricultural habitats, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII (Dieckmann 1988). On Fabaceae: Melilotus albus, Trifolium pratense (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972); Medicago falcata (Ioannisiani 1972; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); M. sativa (Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988).