Lixus (Ortholixus) cinerascens Schoenherr

Lixus cinerascens Schoenherr, 1832

Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČNG KHE KHR LWI ODE POL ZAK ZAP* [Łomnicki 1904: 369; Tveritina 1956: 137; Mazur 2002: 231; Shapiro 1930: 142; Pavlyuk 2009: 61].

Distribution. South Europa, WestAsia (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 9.vii.1898 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Verkhnyosadove [= Belbek], near Sevastopol, N. Kuznetsov leg., 19.v.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Beregove, near Yalta, N. Kuznetsov leg., 20.vi.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Graftio leg., vii–viii.1898; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kertch, 3.iii.1902; 3 spec. (ZIN) Feodosia, 30.v.1889; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dubky, 12.ix.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bakhchisarai env., Tepe-Kermen, 15.vii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 15.v.1899; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, I. Maltsev leg., 10.x.1961; 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Solonoozerny Division, S. V. Volovnik leg., 8.v.1983 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Bilozerka Distr., Yasna Polyana vell., V. Solodovnikova leg., 27.v.1966 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiliya, Danube floodplane, 5.vii.1951; 1 spec. (SIZK) Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Distr., Manashi, 14.vi.1966; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitch leg., 6.viii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.ix.1923; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Melitopol, I. V. Kovalev leg., 8.x.2008 .

Biology. Primary steppes, steppe forests, montane slopes. Adults occur in IV–IX.