Scambus brevicornis (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Records. Ukraine (Kasparyan, 1981).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 ♀, Ai-Petri, SN, 17.vii.1969, leg. V. Dolin; 2 ♀, Kara-Dag, SN, 7.vi.1978 , leg. Psheb- elska; 1 ♀, kordon Asport, SN, 12.vi.1978, leg. A. Kotenko ; 4 ♀, 1 ♂, Arabat Spit, SN, 29.vi.1979, leg. A. Kotenko, V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, Kazantyp, SN, 1.vii.1979 ; 1 ♀, Agarmysh, SN, 4.vii.1979 ; 3 ♀, Staryi Krym, SN, 4.vii.1979, leg. A. Kotenko, V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, Angar Pass, SN, 10.vii.1979 ; 2 ♀, kordon Suat, SN, 15.vii.1979 ; 2 ♀, Tankove, SN, 18.vii.1979 ; 1 ♀, Armyansk, SN, 16.v.1982, leg. A. Kotenko ; 1 ♀, Dubky, ex Tortrix viridana, vi.1983, leg. N. Podmarkov ; 1 ♀, Svitla Polyana, SN, 8.ix.1983, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, 4 km N of Opuk, SN, 16.vi.1998 ; 2 ♀, Opuk, SN, 17.vi.1998, leg. A. Kotenko ; Dnipro Reg.: 1 ♀, Bogdanivka, SN, 14.viii.1978, leg. M. Nesterov ; Donetsk Reg.: 35 ♀, 12 ♂, Khomutovskyi Steppe Reserve, SN, 20.iv.1978 ; 4 ♀, 1 ♂, idem, SN, 28.iv.1978; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 24.vi.1979; 2 ♀, idem, SN, 25.vi.1979, leg. A. Kotenko; 2 ♀, Gruzkyi Yelanchyk floodplain, SN, 1.vi.1983, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, Kryva Luka, SN, 21.vi.1983, leg. A. Kotenko ; lvano-Frankivsk Reg.: 1 ♂, Nadvirna Distr., Chor- nogora, Pozhezhevska, subalpine zone, SN, 26.vi.1975, leg. Ermolemko ; 1 ♀, Volosiv, vii.2010, leg. N. Shakhova ; 1 ♀, Mochary, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 48.837078 N, 24.581379 E, 315 m, mixed forest, SN, 5.ix.2011, leg. O. Varga ; Kherson Reg.: 1 ♂, Black Sea BR, ex Lobestia euphorbiana pupa, 14.vi.1966 ; 1 ♀, idem, 18.vi.1966, leg. Yu. Kostyuk; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 1–2.vii.1979, leg. A. Kotenko; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 17.viii.1982, leg. O. Radchenko; 1 ♀, FIGURE 10. Scambus atrocoxalis . a) lateral view of female habitus; b) lateral view of the ovipositor tip.

Askania-Nova, SN, 28.v.1974; 9 ♀, Oleksandrivka, SN, 18.vi.1975, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, Black Sea BR, Sole- noozerniy area, SN, 10.vi.1976 ; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 28.v.1978; 12 ♀, 5 ♂, Black Sea BR, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi area, SN, 21–22.iv.1978 ; 2 ♀, idem, SN, 10.vi.1983; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 13–14.viii.1978; 3 ♀, 2 ♂, idem, SN, 22.viii.1978; 2 ♀, 2 ♂, idem, SN, 8.ix.1978; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 11.vi.1980; 2 ♀, idem, SN, 14.vii.1981; 1 ♀, SN, 5.v.1982; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 27.v.1982; 1 ♀, SN, 11.vi.1982; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Burkuty, SN, 26.vi.1978 ; 4 ♀, 2 ♂, Skadovsk Distr., Dzharyl- gach, SN, 28–29.vi.1978 ; 3 ♀, Tendrivska Spit, SN, 9.viii.1978 ; 2 ♀, Gola Prystan, SN, 9.viii.1978 ; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 10.viii.1978; 6 ♀, Genichesk Distr., Byryuchyi, SN, 7.vi.1979 ; 3 ♀, 25–30 km of Genichesk, SN, 29.vi.1979 ; 1 ♀, Gopri, SN, 3.v.1982, leg. A. Kotenko ; 1 ♀, Skadovsk Distr., Dzharylgach, SN, 2.ix.1983, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♀, Radensk, SN, 2.vi.1998 ; Kyiv Reg.: 1 ♀, Kyiv, Khodosivka, SN, 14.viii.1980; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 21.viii.1983, leg. A. Kotenko; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 26.vii.2004, leg. M. Nesterov; 1 ♀, Kyiv, Kruglyk, SN, 21.ix.1980; Lugansk Reg.: 8 ♀, 4 ♂, Lugansk NR, Striltsivskyi Steppe, SN, 7.v.1978, leg. A. Kotenko; 1 ♀, idem, SN, 4.v.1983; Lviv Reg.: 1 ♀, Turka, SN, 23.vi.1969, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; Odesa Reg.: 1 ♀, Vylkove, SN, 4.vii.1997, leg. D. Kasparyan ; Poltava Reg.: 1 ♀, Bairak, SN, 23.vi.1982 ; Rivne Reg.: 1 ♀, Varash, SN, 26.v.2000, leg. A. Kotenko ; Transcarpathian Reg.: 1 ♀, Yasynya, SN, 8.vii.1963 ; 1 ♂, Khust, SN, 11.viii.1963, leg. V. Ermolenko ; 6 ♀, 2 ♂, Svalyava Distr., Poly- ana, abandoned apple orchard, SN, 12.vii.1986, leg. V. Tolkanitz ; 1 ♂, Rakhiv Distr., Chornogora, 1500–1600 m, coniferous forest, SN, 5.viii.1994 ; 1 ♀, Chornogora, Bilyi, coniferous forest, SN, 8.viii.1994 ; 2 ♀, 1 ♂, idem, SN, 9.viii.1994, leg. A. Kotenko; 1 ♀, Chorna Tysa, SN, 19.vii.1998, leg. V. Fursov ; 1 ♂, Chornogora, Sheshul 6–7 km NE of Kvasy, 48.157193 N, 24.363658 E, 1450 m, subalpine zone, SN, 15.vi.2013 ; 2 ♂, Marmarosy, 11–12 km SE of Dilove, 47.925407 N, 24.311800 E, 1550 m, subalpine zone, m. Pip-Ivan, SN, 6–9.viii.2012 ; 1 ♂, idem, m. Mika- Mare, SN, 10.viii.2012, leg. O. Varga; Volyn Reg.: 1 ♀, Kovel Distr., Pochapy, SN, 3–4.viii.1998, leg. A. Kotenko ; Zaporizhzhya Reg.: 1 ♀, Vasylivka Distr., Lysa Gora, SN, 11.vii.1974 ; 2 ♀, idem, SN, 2.v.1978, leg. V. Tolkanitz; 4 ♀, Obytichna Spit, SN, 27.vi.1979 ; 1 ♀, Vasylivka, SN, 10.vii.1981, leg. A. Kotenko.

Distribution. Holarctic; Ukraine: Crimea, Dnipro, Donetsk, lvano-Frankivsk, Kherson, Kyiv, Lugansk, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Transcarpathian, Volyn, and Zaporizhzhya Regs.

Biology. CMF, CEMF, CSF, EEFS, PS, PMF. April–September.