Procas armillatus (Fabricius)

Rhynchaenus armillatus Fabricius, 1801

Records. DNI DON KHR POL [Sinjugina & Lapin 2002: 133; Sumarokov 2009: 179; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Europe, North Africa (Caldara 2011).

Material examined. Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec., syntype (KUMN) Yekaterinoslav Government, I.A. Krinitskiy leg., 1831 ; 1 spec. (SC) Synelnykove Distr., Raevka env., A.M. Sumarokov leg., 17.v.1987 ; 1 spec. (SC) idem, A.M. Sumarokov leg., 18.v.1987; 1 spec. (SC) idem, A.M. Sumarokov leg., 25.v.1987; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (DONNU) Nikolske Distr., Kamiani Mohyly Nature Reserve, E.Yu. Savchenko leg., 2006; Donetsk Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) Sloviansk Distr., Krupskaya Sovkhoz, V.N. Gramma leg., 09.vi.1982 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (PARALECTOTYPE of Rhynchaenus steveni Kryn.) (KUMN) Charkov, Krynicki, 1831 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., Kuryazh, 20.iv.1906 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SC) Mashivka Distr., Mala Nekhvoroscha env., A.M. Sumarokov leg., 5.vi.2006 .

Biology. Steppes, meadows. Adults occur in IV–VI.

Notes. According to the recent revision (Thompson 2006) only Procas picipes steveni Kryn. occurs in

Ukraine. Record from Yekaterinoslav Government (Krynicki 1832) is provisionally adopted here to province level: DNI DON LUG.