Ptochus porcellus Boheman

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Ptochus porcellus Boheman, 1834

Records. CRI LUG DON KHE KHR MYK* POL ODE ZAP [Arnoldi et al. 1974: 278; Medvedev & Solodovnikova 1974: 101; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Ismailova 2006: 602; Yunakov & Drogvalenko 2013: 150].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, West Siberia, Kazakhstan (Ismailova 2006).

Material examined. 215 specimens (KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN) including: Mykolaiv Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Tiligul Regional Landscape Park, Tashyne env., Bartasova Balka, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 8.vii.2013 .

Biology. Xerothermic biomes: steppes and grasslands in scattered mixed forests. Adults occur in IV–VIII. Polyphagous, but documented mostly on Artemisia and Genista tinctoria .