Nemonyx lepturoides (Fabricius)

Rhinomacer lepturoides Fabricius, 1801

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ŽIT [Łomnicki 1870: 82; Lindeman 1871: 314; Nowicki 1873: 39; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1913: 147; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 155; Shishkin 1914: 49; Penecke 1928: 385; Medvedev 1953a: 76; Kubisz et al. 1998: 263; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; 1998b: 118; 1999: 531; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Mazur 2002: 218; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko 2009c: 37; Sumarokov 2009: 185].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding North Africa, West Siberia, Middle Asia) (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011b)

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman env., A. V. Ushinsky leg., 25.vii.1925; Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) lower flow of River Alma, apex of dry steppe hill, S. Medvedev leg., 27.vi.1957 ; Dnipro Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 16 km NE Novomoskovsk, env. of Andreevka, Dneprovsko-Orel'skij reserve, right bank of Samara, meadow, D. V. Vovk leg., 17.vii.1997 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. Medvedev leg., 30.vi.1948 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 5 spec. (KUMN), 14.vii– 24.vii.2003; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NEE Zmiiv, Mokhnach, Kakhovski leg., 26.vi.1936 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, Korotkova leg., 21.vii.1965 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, rye field, Brichuk leg., 02.vii.1971; 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, sweeping, on Delphinium, N. Yunakov leg., 04.vii.1999 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) env. Kharkiv, Piatykhatky, Sukha Balka, sweeping in ravine and field, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 02.vii.2003 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, Burkuty, V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 01.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Velyka Lepetykha, ravine, S. Medvedev leg., 16.vi.1951 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km SSW Milove, Streltsovsky Step Nature Reserve, meadow middle level, S. Medvedev leg., 01.vii.1949 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Mykhaylivska Tsilyna Nature Reserve, V.N. Pavljuk leg., 10.vii.2004 .

Biology. Steppes, meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Consolida regalis (Ranunculaceae) (Dieckmann 1974; Mazur 2002)