Acentrus histrio (Schoenherr)

Cryptorhynchus histrio Schoenherr, 1837

Records. DON IFR KHE KHR KHM KRO LUG LWI ODE TER VIN ZAP ŽIT [Kulikowski 1897: 201; Łomnicki 1908: 85; 1913: 139; Shapiro 1930: 143; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 166; Lazorko 1963: 83; Nadvorny 1996: 60; Mazur 2002: 222].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding West Siberia and Middle Asia) (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Grabovaya Balka, S.I. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 24.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarskoye, Kamennyje Mogily Nature Reserve, V.N. Gramma leg., 25.v.1993 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, V. V. Martynov leg., 17.viii.1997; 5 spec. (KUMN) 30 km W of Berdyansk, Borisovka env., Priazovs'ke Forestry, S.I. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1950 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) N of Volnovakha, Velykoanadolskyi Forest, 47.666713°N 37.444117°E, D.S. Shapiro leg., 23.v.1937 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NEE Dolinskaya, Veselyye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 2.vi.1955 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN), 15 km SSE Krasnodon [=Sorokyne], Provalskaya steppe Nature Reserve, D.S. Shapiro leg., 2.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km S Bilovodsk, Gorodische env., Derkulskaya forest station, Yunytskyi Nature Preserve, 49.0825°N 39.699444°E, W slope of steppe ravine, S.I. Medvedev leg., 3.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. (SKC) Slovianoserbsk Distr., Trekhizbenka, light trap, S. V. Konovalov leg., 24.vi.2009 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol ujezd, 1903; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kamyenka-Dniprovska env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 16.vi.1950 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Glaucium flavum (Papaveraceae) (Mazur 2002).

Notes. Records from env. of Lviv are probably erroneus (Lazorko 1963). Records from IFR and ŽIT require confirmation.