Lixus (Compsolixus) albomarginatus Boheman

Lixus albomarginatus Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON* KHE KHM KHR* KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL SUM VOL ZAP ŽIT [Dieckman 1980: 210; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 231; Pavlyuk 2009: 61; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Volovnik 2012b: 585].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 42 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, NSPU) from 11 provinces were studied. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Sevastopol City, 20–22.iv. (19) 24; 1 spec. 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., Salhir River valley, 17.vii.1999; Donetsk Prov. : 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, pinery, sands, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937;

Kherson Prov.: 1spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Chumakovka, M. Goncharenko leg., 10.viii.1951; 1spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, A.A. Petrusenko, 6.viii.1974; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) environs of Kharkiv, F. Shperk leg., 1929; 4 spec (KUMN) Krasnokutsk Distr., Kostyantynivka, D.A. Donets- Zakharzhevsky leg.; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Communa park, D. Shapiro leg., 8.ix.1932 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., 10 km SSW Milove platform, V. Perepechaenko leg., 27.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., environs of Vasischeve platform, 4.v.1910; 1 spec. (KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., Nesterivka, T. Zhebina leg., 4.vii.2012 ; Odesa Prov.: 5 spec. (SIZK) Tarutyno Distr., Lisne, M. Goncharenko leg., 12.vii.1961; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 16.v.1922; 1spec. (SIZK) idem, 19.viii.1922; 2spec. (SIZK) idem, 12.vi.1923; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, 25.vi.1923 .

Biology. Xerothermic, coastal, sandy and ruderal habitats. Beetles occure in IV–X. Oligophagous on Reseda (Resedaceae), Erysimum, Sisymbrium, Cakile (Brassicaceae) (Diekmann 1980; Volovnik 1996b)

Notes. Multiple records of L. ascanii in Ukraine (Łomnicky 1884; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Belke 1859a; Lukjanovitch 1928; Shapiro 1930; Tveritina 1956; Globova 1958) are based on misidentified specimens of L. albomarginatus or L. ochraceus (for modern species identity see Dieckmann 1980b).