Pleurocleonus sollicitus (Gyllenhal)

Cleonus sollicitus Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. DONKHE* KHR LUG* ODE POL [Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Medvedev & Solodovnikova 1979: 100].

Distribution. SE Europe, East Palaearctic (excluding north) (Ter-Minasian 1988; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., Bezlyudivka, V. Gramma leg., 7.v.1970 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Oleshky Distr., Chelburda, N46.619444, E32.944722, sands, I. V. Kovalev, 23–25. iv.2011; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, 8.iv.2008; 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, Steppe Reserve, 21.iv.2010 ; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 16.v.2011; 2 spec. (SKC) idem, 16.iv.2012; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 16.v.2011; 25.iv.2010; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 3.v.2009; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, S. V. Konovalov leg., 10.iv.2013; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, S. V. Konovalov leg., 13.iv.2013; Poltava Prov.: 5 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 9.v.1926; 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 9.v.1926; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odessa, under stone, 30.viii.1936 .

Biology. Primary steppes, sandy habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII.

Notes. See note for P. quadrivittatus .