Bittacus italicus ( Müller, 1766 )

Dvořák, Libor, Mariychuk, Ruslan, Manko, Peter, Oboňa, Jozef, Krzemiński, Wiesław & Godunko, Roman J., 2022, Present knowledge on Mecoptera of Ukraine, Zootaxa 5141 (5), pp. 459-483 : 466-467

4. Bittacus italicus ( Müller, 1766)

Bittacus tipularius Latr. : Belke 1859: 83 [faunistics]

Bittacus tipularius Fab. : Dziędzielewicz 1868: 153; 1889: 114 [faunistics]; Dziędzielewicz 1918: 40 [distribution, ecology]

Bittacus tipularius F.: Łomnicki 1877a: 147 [faunistics]

Bittacus tipularius Fb. Ltr. [sic!]: Majewski 1882: 17 [faunistics]

Bittacus tipularius Fb. ( B. italicus . Klug.) [sic!]: Majewski 1885: 2 [faunistics]

Bittacus italicus Müll. : Kuntze 1937 –1938: 9 [faunistics, distribution]

Bittacus italicus Müller, 1766 [sic!]: Martynova 1959: 197 [morphology, taxonomy, key, distribution]

Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) [sic!]: Ermolenko 1994a: 142; Verves et al. 1999: 51 [protection]; Rizun et al. 2000: 26; Ermolenko & Korneev 2009: 138; Holoborodko 2011: 131; Mosin 2017a: 112; Zamoroka et al. 2017: 84; Kletyonkin 2018: 358 [distribution, protection]

Bittacus italicus ( Müller, 1766) : Krivokhatskii & Prokopov 2015: 145 [distribution, protection]

Bittacus italicus Mull. [sic!]: Yanytskyi et al. 2008 [distribution, protection]; Chaplygina et al. 2015: 78 [distribution]; Krainyk et al. 2018: 390 [distribution, protection]

Published records: Alushta, Bilohirsk and Vyshenne, Carpathians, Cherkaska Regions [near Kiliberdy], Cherkaska, Chortkiv, Crimea, Dnipro river-valley, Dnipropetrovska and Khersonska Regions, Dnister, Donetska Region [Olkhovatka near Enakieve], Hadyach in Poltavska Region, Halychyna, Horodok, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kamyanets- Podilskyi, Khersonska, Khudykivtsi, Melnytsya-Podilska, Mezhyhirtsi near Halych, Mykhailykiv, Mykhalche, Novomlynsk and Krasne Pershe, Verbizh near Kolomyya, Opillya and Pokuttya, Podillya, Poltavska, Prut near Kolomyya, Prysamarya [Dnipropetrovska Region], Pylypche, Rosokhach near Chortkiv, Skala-Podilska, Sumska, Transnistria, Ustya, Velyki Kuchuhury [Kakhovske reservoir], Western Ukraine ( Belke 1859; Dziędzielewicz 1868; Łomnicki 1877a; Majewski 1885; Dziędzielewicz 1889, 1918; Kuntze 1937 –1938; Martynova 1959; Ermolenko 1994a; Verves et al. 1999; Rizun et al. 2000; Yanytskyi et al. 2008; Ermolenko & Korneev 2009; Holoborodko 2011; Chaplygina et al. 2015; Krivokhatskii & Prokopov 2015; Mosin 2017a; Dobosz & Hadaś 1999; Rizun et al. 2000; Zamoroka et al. 2017; Kletyonkin 2018; Krainyk et al. 2018).

Reviewed material: SMNH collection: 1 ♂, E21.02.01.01/01: “Mielnica nad Dniestrem. 1.-VIII.”; “ Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) ”; “1”, [1.8.?, Dnister ]; 1 ♀, E21.02.01.01/02: “Rosochacz. 1.VIII”; “ Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) ”; “2”, [1.8.?, Rosokhach near Chortkiv ]; 1 ♀, E21.02.01.01/03: “Podole.”; “ Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) ”; “3”, [?, Podillya ]; 1 ♂, E21.02.01.01/04: “Rosochacz. 13.-VIII.”; “ Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) ”; “4”, [1.8.?, Rosokhach near Chortkiv]; 1 ♂, E21.02.01.01/05: “Międzyhorce ad Halicz 11.VII 1933 ”; “ Bittacus tipularius ”; “5”; “ Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1786) ” [11.7.1933, Mezhyhirtsi near Halych] .

Remarks: Majewski’s (1882) report is based on a previous paper of Dziędzielewicz (1867). At the same time, a few records published by Dziędzielewicz (1868) belong to the personal communication of A. Wiezejski. Majewski (1885) reported this species from “Naddniestrze” [ Transnistria] meaning the Podillya Region.

Martynova (1959) mentioned this species from Ukraine based on specimens housed in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (former ZIN, AS USSR).

Distributional data reported by Rizun et al. (2000) are based on faunistical information published by Belke (1859), Dziędzielewicz (1868, 1889), Wierzejski (1868) and Łomnicki (1877a), as well as results of SMNH collection determination. Altogether five specimens were mentioned from this collection: (1) from Podillya region (catalogue number Е 21.01.01.01/3); (2) from Melnytsya-Podilska (21.01.01.01/1); (3–4) from Rosokhach (Е 21.01.01.01/2 and Е 21.01.01.01/4) [all collected by J. Dziędzielewicz]; (5) from Mezhyhirtsi (Е 21.01.01.01/5) [collected by an anonymous author in 11.VIII.1933] ( Rizun et al. 2000).