Ceratapion (Acanephodus) onopordi onopordi (Kirby)

Apion onopordi Kirby, 1808

Apion rugipenne Hochhuth, 1851

Records. CRI ČER DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Schoenherr 1833: 264; Schoenherr 1839: 385; Hochhuth 1851: 11; Nowicki 1864: 33; Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Lindemann 1871: 196, 295; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 230; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Kulikowski 1897: 212; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Wagner 1910a: 55; Wagner 1918: 17, 19; Penecke 1928: 380; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956a: 105; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Solodovnikova 1963c: 154; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Wanat 1995: 218; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Nazarenko 2009c: 38; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 154; Nazarenko 2012g: 50; Nazarenko 2013b: 15].

Distribution. Palearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, Bazhenov leg., 30.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 17.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Cape Martyan, E. Kuznetsov leg., 23.ix.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Botanical Garden, Arnoldi leg., 19.iv.1919; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.iv.1919; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., Iljin leg., 4.vi.1916; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 16.iv.19011; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.iv.19011; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 6–10.vii.1896; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Elisavetgrad [=Kropyvnytskyi], E. Jacentkowski leg., 14.iv.1905 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 29.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 16.iv.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1929; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.v.1929; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 27.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 1.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 25.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.ix.1928; 7 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 22.vi.1931; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ananjiv Distr., Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 15.v.1921; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 6.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1–2.vii.1924; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26 (13). vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.ix.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.ix.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.iv.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.iv.1926; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1926; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.viii.1926; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kremenets, Strakhova Mt, Kirejtshuk leg., 10.vi.1976 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Asteraceae: Centaurea benedicta (Hoffmann 1958); Carduus nutans, Centaurea calcitrapa, C. scabiosa, Cirsium arvense (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Cirsium vulgare (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965); Onopordum acanthium (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965); Centaurea jacea (Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965); Inula helenium, Tanacetum vulgare (Solodovnikova 1963a); Arctium lappa, Carduus acanthoides, C. crispus, Echinops sphaerocephalus, Psephellus sumensis, Rhaponticoides ruthenica (Isayev 2007); Cirsium oleraceum, C. heterophyllum, Arctium tomentosum (Dedyukhin 2012) .