Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ebeninus (Germar, 1824)

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Cherepanov, 1957: 237 (as C. atramentarius Er.): Stalinsk, Kiselevsk sovkhoz.

Material examined. Bor, steppes on south slope, 15. V.2009, DE leg. (2 spec.) ; Bor, steppe, 19. VI.2014, DE leg. (1 spec.) ; Gorskino, 3.VII.2009, S. Volkhonsky leg. (1 spec.; KSU) ; Kuznetsk depression, Belovo distr., Starobachaty vill., steppes, 10. VI.2011, DE leg. (3 spec.) ; Kuznetsk depression, Belovo distr., env.of Permyaki vill., NE slope of Karakansky ridge, 12. VI.2006, DS leg. (1 spec.; KSU) ; Kuznetsk depression, Leninsk-Kuznetsky distr., near Kokui vill., meadow steppe, sweeping, 54°34’N 85°22’E, 24.VII.2014, DE leg. (1 spec.) ; Kuznetsk depression, Belovo distr., 7 km W of Belovo near Razyezd 14 Kilometr railway station, steppes, 30.VII.2006, DE leg. (3 spec.) ; Mozzhukha, sweeping on steppe slopes, 30. V.2009, DE leg. (13 spec.) ; Mozzhukha, birch forest, 30. V. - 13. VI.2009, AK leg. (1 spec.) ; Mozzhukha, meadow steppes, sweeping, 9. VI.2013, DE leg. (4 spec.) ; Podyakovo, stone steppe, 7.VII.2007, DE leg. (2 spec.) ; Shanda, feather-grass steppe, 27. VI.2013, DE leg. (5 spec.) .

Bionomics. In the Kemerovo Area the species inhabits steppe biotopes (Cherepanov 1957), including xerophytic stony steppes, where it also was collected.

Distribution. Europe, Turkey, European Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Middle Asia and Pakistan (Cate et al. 2007; Platia 2011).