Liparus (Trysibius) tenebrioides (Pallas)

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Curculio tenebrioides Pallas, 1781

Molytes besseri Boheman, 1834

Records. CRI DNI DON IFR KHM KHR LWI ODE MYK* TER VIN ZAP* [Chernay 1854: 172, 242; Carte 1858: 277 (Trysibius); Lindeman 1871: 294 (Trysibius); Kulikowski 1897: 200; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Nazarenko 1996a: 116; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 44; Mazur 2002: 231; Nazarenko 2008a: 363; Sumarokov 2009: 178].

Distribution. SE Europe, Asia Minor (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kerch, Lebedev leg.: iv.1908; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Bachmut, Walch leg., 4.v.1909; 1 spec. (SIZK) Khomytovskaja steppe: Vasiljev leg.: 10 IV– 12.vi.1976; 1 spec. (KUMN) N Volnovakha, Velykoanadolskyi Forest, D.S. Shapiro leg., 15.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, Martynov leg., 25.vi.1989 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) near Nikanorovka, 48º 25' N, 37º 14' E, pitfall trap, Martynov leg., 16.v.1998; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kostyantynivka, I.L. Pastukhov leg., 11.v.1912; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 13 km S Kharkiv, near Vasischeve railway platform, Urochyshche Chornyi Lis, 25.iv.1910 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 1832; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 35 km NE Voznesensk, Bratskoe Forestry, ravine, S.I. Medvedev leg., 2.vi.1955; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Odessa env., I. Krynicki leg., 1830; 280 spec. (GC) Kuyalnytskyi Lyman near Iljinka, Krasnoselka, Kubanka, A. V. Gontarenko leg.; 1 spec. (GC) ca. 80 km W Odesa, env. Berezovka, Berezovsky forest, pitfall trap, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 8.v.–5.vi.l999 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kuyalnytskyi Lyman, near Malabaila graveolens, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 2–3.v.2004 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) Mohyliv-Podilskyi Distr., Yaryshiv, I. Beiger leg.;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Vilniansk Distr., Yasynuvate, Balchanska Balka, 48.109722°, 35.135556° I. V. Kovalev leg., 1–2.vi.2008; 1 spec. (IKC) idem, 13–15.viii.2008; 1 spec. (IKC) idem., 18.vi.2006 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Malabaila graveolens, in laboratory on Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae) (Nazarenko 2008)