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In the second part of the study, we unified and codified the Ukrainian National nomenclature of the round-necked longhorn beetles (Cerambycinae). We analyzed published cases of the Ukrainian names using of the longhorn beetles during the last two centuries. This includes critical review of different taxa of the round-necked longhorn beetles, including species, genera and tribes. We found numerous uses of Russian tracings and Latin transliterations instead of the Ukrainian names. We proposed to remove them from using for scientific and popular publications wrote in Ukrainian, and replacing them with specific Ukrainian names and/or adapted translations from the latinized scientific names. In general, we found only 35 valid names of the round-necked longhorn beetles in Ukrainian. Other names are unsuitable due to non-binomial nomenclature and replacement from Russian or Latin. We proposed 122 taxa names for the first time in Ukrainian. In the Part II, we presented Ukrainian names for 157 taxa, including 1 subfamily, 1 supertribe, 19 tribes, 4 subtribes, 43 genera, 4 subgenera, 81 species and 4 species.

Here, I presented the study on historical development and changes in the Ukrainian national nomenclature of the longhorn beetles, which traditionally named "Skrypuny". I collected and arranged the traditional Ukrainian names for the longhorn beetles, their regional variations, and historical attempts for their codifications. Since the middle of XIX century, vernacular names, collected in folklore expeditions, of certain groups of the longhorn beetles have been published in multiple scientific papers and school textbooks of zoology. On the beginning of XX century, most vernacular names of the longhorn beetles have been relevantly arranged in the dictionaries of the Ukrainian zoological nomenclature. The development of the Ukrainian national zoological nomenclature was forcibly stopped in the early 1930s. Due to the politics of "internationalization" and artificial "convergence of languages" in the USSR, the traditional Ukrainian vernacular names were withdrawn from the scientific use and replaced by "Vusachi" consonant with the Russian. In the second half of XX century, the Ukrainian vernacular names of the longhorn beetles were repeatedly replaced by Russian tracings and Latin transliterations in specialized zoological dictionaries and in the general dictionaries of Ukrainian language. In the current paper, I proposed methodological approaches to the derivation and standardization of Ukrainian vernacular names based on the Ukrainian Spelling. I also substantiated the reasons for choosing certain Ukrainian vernacular names for scientific use parallelly with the scientific Latin name. In the Part I, I presented Ukrainian names for 46 taxa, including 1 subfamily, 10 tribes, 17 genera, and 17 species.

Tribe Clytini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is one of the largest within the long horn beetles, having over 1500 species. Until now, the tribe was considered monophyletic, despite the fact that it combines several different morphological groups. Morphological data alone could not shed enough light on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Clytini. The data for the last decade on molecular phylogenetics have challenged the Clytini monophyletic hypothesis. In this study, I conducted a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Clytini based on the three mitochondrial genes 12S rRNA 16S rRNA COI and two nuclear genes 18S rRNA 28S rRNA. The results of the analysis with high reliability confirmed the hypothesis of polyphyly of Clytini. The tribe includes two phylogenetically different and morphologically distinct evolutionary branches, which gave me reason to conduct a taxonomic revision of Clytini. I proposed new nomenclature acts including 1 new supertribe, 1 new tribe, 4 new subtribes, 3 new genera, 4 new subgenera, 3 new statuses, 22 new combinations, 2 new synonyms. In addition, I redescribed 1 tribe and 3 genera.

The fauna of the longhorn beetles of ecoregion of Kremenetski Hory and the eponymous National Park was studied very poorly. In the most recent catalogue of Cerambycidae of Western Podillya it was listed only 13 species for the ecoregion. Including other sources, to date, it was known 17 species of the longhorn beetles. In the current study we identified 59 species of the longhorn beetles, 42 of which are reported for the first time for National Park «Kremenetski Hory» and the ecoregion in general. Under our proposed prediction the Cerambycidae species richness should reach 100-120 species. We also presented result of quantitative study of the longhorn beetles within different types of ecosystems of National Park «Kremenetski Hory». We revealed that 10 species are the most abundant on the studied territory.

Agapanthiola leucaspis is a steppic the long horn beetle widely distributed from Pannonian Plane in Europe to Mongolian Plateau in Asia. A. leucaspis previously was known only from the Pontic Steppe Region in Ukraine, which includes both Crimea Peninsula and Ukrainian Mainland. Here we reported the first record of A. leucaspis in Western Ukraine. We assume that A. leucaspis expands its areal northward in the light of the current climatic changes. We analyzed global geographical range of A. leucaspis and estimated current borders of its areal. We also summarized data on A. leucaspis Bionomy including food plants, habitats and life circle.