Mesotrichapion punctirostre (Gyllenhal)

Apion punctirostre Gyllenhal, 1839

Apion schmidtii Bach, 1854

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHE* KHM KHR* KYI LWI ODE* RIV TER VIN VOL ŽIT* [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1839 a: 425; Lindemann 1871: 295; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Penecke 1928: 383; Penecke 1932: 356; Khrolinsky 1965: 116; Dieckmann 1977: 112; Isayev 1994: 13; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2005b: 59; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 169].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Mongolia, North China (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg. ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Feodosia, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 31.viii.1925 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 14.vi.1914 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.vi.1914; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Lower course of Dniestr River, Ingulets, 8.vii.1928 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) " Odessa, Süd-Russland"; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kremenets, Strakhova Mt., Kirejtshuk leg., 10.vi.1976 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Astragalus cicer (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); A. austriacus (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); A. danicus, A. glycyphyllos (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); A. arenarius, A. onobrychis (Dieckmann 1977); A. sulcatus, A. varius (Isayev 2007); A. cornutus (Dedyukhin 2012) .