Lixus (Eulixus) kraatzi Capiomont

Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875

Records. ZAP [Medvedev 1953a: 77].

Distribution. Central Palaearctic (Bodenheimer 1937; Legalov et al. 2010; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, N46.636820, E35.279847, on Chenopodium urbicum, S.V. Volovnik leg., 15.vi.2017 ; 4 spec. (SVC) Melitopol, Pishchanska Balka, N46.830539, E35.340308, on Chenopodium urbicum, S.V. Volovnik leg., 16.vi.2017

Biology. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Tokgayev & Nepesova 1964).

Notes. We have also examined single specimen from Crimea resembling L. kraatzi: 1 spec. (IMC) Bilohirsk Distr., Bila Skelia, V.G. Dolin leg., 25.iv.1970.