Mesites (Mesites) pallidipennis Boheman

Mesites pallidipennis Boheman, 1838

Records. CRI ODE [Boheman 1838: 1045; Lukjanovich & Arnoldi 1951: 556; Blinstein 1989: 68].

Distribution. Mediterranean Region including Black Sea and Caspian Sea coast (Folwaczny 1973).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 m, 2 f (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. K. Jakovlev leg., 16.vi–14.viii.1901 ; 3m, 1f (ZIN) Kerch, L. Arnoldi leg., 3.vi.1923 ; 3m, 5f (ZIN) Sevastopol, Parfentjev leg., 10.ix.1940 .

Biology. Littoral zone. Adults occur in VI–IX. In dead wood of deciduous and coniferous trees soaked in sea water (Folwaczny 1973).