Melanobaris laticollis (Marsham)

Curculio laticollis Marsham, 1802

Records. DON* DNI KHE* KHM KHR* KYI LWI POL* TER VIN ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Roubal 1941: 215; Mazur 2002: 223; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Prena 2011).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoye, Andreevka env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 27.v.1952 . 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km SWW Svyatohirsk, Bohorodichne env., 49°1'34" N 37°29'46" E, S.I. Medvedev leg., 14.vi.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Krasnokutsk Distr., Krasnokutsk, 50, 053289°N 35, 203552°E, B. Loboda leg., 5.vi.2012 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Derhachi Distr., Ruska Lozova, B. Loboda, 8.v.2017 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kherson env., 9.v.1956 (Lobkov); 1 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, Burkuty env., D. Shapiro leg., 1.vi.1951; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 5.iv.1908; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 11.v.1926 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in IV–VI. Oligophagous on Brassicaceae .