Theophilea subcylindricollis Hladil, 1988

Theophilea subcylindricollis Hladil, 1988 View in CoL ( Figs 3–4 View Figs 3–4 )

Material examined: Ukraine: Kyiv Region, Obukhiv Distr., Pidhirtsi vill. env., 50.1400°N 30,3207°E, 10.05.2018, 12 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) GoogleMaps ; idem, 27.05.2018, 24 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) GoogleMaps ; idem, 01.06.2018, 70 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) GoogleMaps ; idem, 07.06.2018, 7 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) GoogleMaps ; Kyiv, Bykivnia vill. env., 50.2834°N 30,3942°E, 15– 21.05.2018, 10 spec. (I. G. Pljushtch) GoogleMaps .

Xerotermophilous species that initially occurred in Pannonian and North Ponticus Basins ( Bartenev, 2009; Zamoroka, 2017). Since 2000ʼs its is expanding distribution westward, northward, and eastward. Now the species is registered in Czech Republic, Hungary, In Ukraine, T. subcylindricollis previously was known only from Southern and Southern-East regions (Mykolaiv Region, Kherson Region, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Donetsk Region, Luhansk Region) (in some cases was misidentified and reported as “ Theophilea cylindricollis Pic, 1895 ”) ( Bartenev, 2004, 2009; Martynov & Pisarenko, 2004; Bartenev & Terekhova, 2011; Andrusevych, 2014; Zamoroka, 2017). It is worth noting that in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, the species is numerous and is found through the all region ( Martynov & Pisarenko, 2004). Theophilea subcylindricollis is absent in Crimea ( Bartenev, 2009; Bartenev & Terekhova, 2011), but Zamoroka notes Crimea as the part of initial areal ( Zamoroka, 2017). In 2004 T. subcylindricollis was firstly registered in Kharkiv Region, and now it has become a common species ( Bartenev & Terekhova, 2006). In 2016–2017 the mass invasion of T. subcylindricollis was observed into Carpathian-Podillya region ( Zamoroka & Kapelyukh, 2016; Zamoroka, 2017).

In 2018, the mass invasion of T. subcylindricollis was recorded in Kyiv Region near the southern border of Kyiv (Obukhiv Distr.) as well as within the city (Desnianskyi Distr.).