Brachytemnus porcatus (Germar)

Cossonusporcatus Germar, 1824

Records. CRI DON IFR KHR* KYI LUG SUM TER ZAP* [Miller 1868: 27; Cherkunov 1889: 195; Folwachny 1973: 158; Nazarenko 2010d: 84].

Distribution. West Palaearctic.

Material examined. Crimea: 5 spec. (ZIN) Crimean Nature Reserve; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol, V.Ya .

Parfentjev leg, 1.vii.1940; 1 spec. (KUMN) S slope of Yaltinskaya Yaila Mt. Range, upper course of Bal-Alma River, N. Yunakov leg., 07.vi.2001; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk [= Bannoye], on Quercus robur, L. Arnoldi leg., 18.vi.1938; Kharkiv Prov.: 21 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, Dachi railway platform env ., A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 10.vi.1999; 10 spec. (KUMN) idem, 09.vi.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 14.v.1995; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, 29.vi.1994; 4 spec. (KUMN) idem, 14.vii.2003; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 04.vi.2004; 4 spec. (KUMN) idem, 04.vi.2004; 1 spec. (KUMN) E vicinity of Merefa, Mzha River, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 12.viii.1998; 2 spec. (KUMN) 3 km S Zmiiv, near Zadonetske, Fedorov leg., 22.vii.1928; Kyiv Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, near Almazne lake, in fallen pine tree, V . Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.vii.2003; Luhansk Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) 6 km SSE Bilovodsk, Gorodische env., Derkulskaya Forestry station, 15.vi.1925; Sumy Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) 8 km NE of Konotop, Kuzjki, Tupik leg., 22.vii.1990; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kremenetz;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 25.v.–15.vi.2007 .

Biology. Mixed forests. Adults occur in V–VIII. On rotting wood and under bark of coniferous and deciduous trees; in Ukraine it is documented mostly on Pinus spp.