Berytinus (Berytinus) hirticornis hirticornis (Brullé, 1836)

Berytus hirticornis: Smreczyński 1906b: 53, 1908: 71; Scholz 1931: 155.

Berytus trichocerus: Scholtz 1847: 151 .

Range element (for all subspecies together): Kirghisian- Atlantic.

Bionomics: Mesophilous/xerotermophilous; polyphagous; one generation a year.

R e m a r k s: Very rare in Poland.

Identification of the specimens (deposited in the Museum of Natural History ISEA PAS in Kraków) from Rząska (Krakowsko- Wieluńska Upland) and from Przemyśl (Western Beskidy Mts), was verified and confirmed.

This species is known only from very old records in our country, moreover it is a very rare species in the territory of Slovakia and unknown in Moravia (Stehlík & Vavřínová 1995), therefore its occurrence in Poland needs confirmation.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n P o l a n d (Fig. 3):

Eastern Beskidy Mts: Przemyśl [FA21] – Smreczyński 1908.

Krakowsko- Wieluńska Upland: Czerna [DA05] – Smreczyński 1906b; Kraków, Borek Fałęcki [DA24] – Smreczyński 1906b; Kraków, Krzemionki [DA14] – Smreczyński 1906b; Kraków, Nowa Wieś [DA24] – Smreczyński 1906b; Rząska [DA15] – Smreczyński 1906b; Sowiarka [DA05] – Smreczyński 1906b.

Lower Silesia: Wrocław [XS46] – Scholtz 1847, Assmann 1854, Schumacher 1912, Scholz 1931.

Western Beskidy Mts: Bieńkowice [DA32] – Smreczyński 1906b; Dobczyce [DA32] – Smreczyński 1906b; Krzyszkowice [DA22] – Smreczyński 1906b.