Thamiocolus signatus (Gyllenhal)

Ceutorhynchus signatus Gyllenhal, 1837

Records. CRI* ČER DON IFR KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI POL* TER VIN ZAPŽIT* [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 225; Cherkunov 1889: 194; Penecke 1928: 369; Dieckmann 1973b: 264; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 236; Isayev 1994: 64; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 275; Mazur 2002: 241; Colonnelli 2004a: 59; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 203].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia, North China (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Totakoj, A. Bazhenov leg., 3.v.1899 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaseneve, near Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamyshevakha, Arnoldi leg., 18.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Merefa, Stepanov leg., 1.vii.1955; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Dokuchaeva, ravine, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.1997 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Darnytsya, E. Zvierezomb- Zubovsky, 11.vii.1912; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 29.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1947 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Derkul, K. V. Arnoldi leg., 29.v.1952 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Hlyboka, K.Arnoldi leg., 25.v.1951 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 8.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava Distr., Storozheve, 5.vi.1916 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Lyubar Distr., Motovylivka, E. Zvierezomb-Zubovsky, 25.v.1912 ;.

Biology. Grasslands, stony slopes. Adults occur in V–VII. On Lamiaceae: Stachys recta (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1973b; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Colonnelli 2004a), S. atherocalyx (Colonnelli 2004a); occasionallyon Marrubium praecox and Phlomis pungens (Kryzhanovskaya 1977) .