Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius, 1775)

Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius, 1775) View in CoL

Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk Province: “KOŁOMYJA [= Kolomyia ] 19.IV.1899 ”, 2 ♀, SMNHL ; “2/4 Bochor[od- czany]” [= Bohorodchany, 2. IV], 1 ♀, SMNHL ; “15/8 Jasien” [= Yasen, 15. VIII], “Ясень 15. VIII. ЗБ. Занько”, 1 ♀, SMNHL ; 4 km ESE Rohatyn, Mt. Chortova ( Devil’s Mountain ), 49.402028N, 24.664503E, 330 m, 28 Jul-6 Sep 2020, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov leg., 1 ♀, KhDC GoogleMaps . Lviv Province: “10/5 P[iaskowa]g[óra]” [= Lviv, Lysa Hora, 10. V], 5 ♀, SMNHL ; “Sichów” [= Lviv, Sychiv], “ Coll. A. Stöckl ”, 1♀, SMNHL ; “Janów” [= Ivano-Frankove], “ Coll. A. Stöckl ”, 1 ♀, SMNHL ; “20/4 [18]52 K[rzywczyce]” [= Lviv, Kryvchytsi , 20.IV.1852], 1♀, SMNHL ; “Lwów 16/4 24” [= Lviv , 16. IV.1924], “ Coll. A. Stöckl ”, 1♀, SMNHL ; “10/5 K[rzywczyce]” [= Lviv, Kryvchytsi, 10. V], 1 ♀, SMNHL ; 0.5 km E Kyikiv, the right bank of Zolochivka Riv. , 49.782964N, 24.969595E, 11 Jun-10 Jul 2021, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov leg., 1 ♀, KhDC GoogleMaps ; 2.2 km SW Yas- eniv, 49.945085N, 25.017106E, 378 m, 8 May-12 Jun 2021, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov leg., 2 ♀, KhDC; ibidem, 12 Jun-11 Jul 2021, 5 ♀; ibidem, 11 Jul-14 Aug 2021, 2 ♀; ibidem, 49.945481N, 25.017077E, 20 May-4 Jul 2020, 1 ♀; 2.8 km NW Buchyna, SW slope Mt. Makitra , 50.036259N, 25.263337E, 20 May-4 Jul 2020, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov leg., 1 ♀, KhDC GoogleMaps ; between Vilshanytsa and Golo- girky, Lysa Hora , 49.798542N, 24.713128E, 21 May-27 Jun 2020, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov leg., 1 ♀, KhDC GoogleMaps ; 1.4 km NW Buchyna, Mts. Drancha , 50.031016N, 25.283051E, 328 m, 9 May-21 Jun 2019, steppe, pitfall trap, D. Khrapov & R GoogleMaps . Panin leg., 2 ♀, KhDC; 1.3 km NW Slovita, Kizia Hill , 49.765944N, 24.579639E, 271 m, 6 May-12 Jun 2023, steppe, pitfall trap, R GoogleMaps . Panin leg., 1 ♀, KhDC; ibidem, 12 Jun-18 Jul 2023, 3 ♀. Ternopil Province: “6/6 K[o]r[o] p[iec]” [= Koropets, 6. VI], 1 ♀, SMNHL .

Despite the wide geographical distribution of this species, it appears to be rare in materials from Ukraine ( Yunakov et al. 2018). Most of specimens come from pitfall traps from the zone of Central European Mixed Forests. The record from Odesa ( Globova 1958) is not confirmed by any specimens in the collections of the Zoological Museum of T.G. Shevchenko National University and I.I. Schmal- hausen Institute of Zoology, Kyiv.