Catalogue of the genus Capnodis Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) specimens deposited in the State Museum of Natural History NASU, Lviv, Ukraine
Authors: Yanytsky Taras 
Published: June 2024

The representatives of the genus are distributed in circum-Mediterranean region. Fifteen species are known from the Palearctic (Löbl, Löbl, 2016), 4 of them occur in the territory of Ukraine. There are 5 species in the museum's collections. Capnodis carbonaria (Klug, 1829) is distributed in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Ukraine (Crimea), southern territories of Russia, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Löbl, Löbl, 2016). Larvae develop in the roots of Amygdalus, Armeniaca, Malus, Prunus . The species was Mentioned from the Mountainous Crimea (Рихтер, 1952). Capnodis cariosa (Pallas, 1776) is distributed in Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Ukraine, southern territories of Russia, Egypt, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Löbl, Löbl, 2016). Larvae develop in the roots of Pistacia . The species was mentioned from Odeska state province . Capnodis miliaris (Klug, 1829) is distributed in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Italy, southern Russia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan (Löbl, Löbl, 2016). Larvae develop in the roots of Populus, Salix (Salavatian, 1950). The species was not mentioned from Ukraine. Capnodis tenebricosa (Olivier, 1790) is distributed in Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, southern Russia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Egypt (Sinai), Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey (Löbl, Löbl, 2016). Larvae develop in the roots of Rumex . The species was mentioned from Podillia province (gubernia) (Hildt, 1893), Odeska state province (Рихтер, 1944), the Crimea , Kharkivska state province . Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1761) is distributed in Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, central and southern territories of Russia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey (Löbl, Löbl, 2016). Larvae develop in the roots of Amygdalus, Armeniaca, Cerasus, Crataegus, Cydonia, Malus, Mespilus, Persica, Prunus, Pyrus. Females lay eggs at the base of the trunk at ground level or in the soil near the base of the tree. The larva bores its tunnel under the bark down into the root, hibernates, and the next year it continues to bore in the sapwood up and constructs its pupal chamber under the bark of the trunk 10 - 30 cm above the soil level (Bílý, 2002). The species was mentioned from Chorna (Czarna in orig.) – the former Sambir district, now Bieszczady County, Poland (Nowicki, 1858), from Kamianets-Podilskyi (Belke, 1859), Synkiv, Ternopilska state province (Wierzejski, 1867, Łomnicki, 1870, 1886), Kyiv and Volyn gubernias (Hochhuth, 1871), Galicia, Volyn, Podillia, Kherson, Kyiv, Katerynoslav provinces (gubernias), the Crimea (Якобсон, 1905), Zalishchyky, Horodok, Synkiv (Kuntze, Noskiewicz, 1938), Ivano-Frankivsk vicinity, Zaporizka, Odeska, Ternopilska state provinces, Kherson, the Crimea , Donetska, Zaporizka, Odeska, Mykolaivska state provinces, the Crimea . During the first half of the 20th century, this species was rather common in Central Europe, but later it has disappeared completely from the most of localities. The reason for the sharp decrease in the number of species is changes in the principles of horticulture after the Second World War, as a result of which the species lost the optimal conditions for its development (Bílý, 2002). In the collection of the State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Scienses of Ukraine 44 specimens of the genus have been deposited. The illustrated catalog of those is presented below. The findings have been collected by the following collectors: Didushytskyi P., Grolle Yu., Noskiewicz J., Stöckl A., Wierzejski A., Zahaikevych I. – in the period from about 1867 to the middle of 20th century.