Magdalis (Edo) ruficornis (Linnaeus)

Curculio ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758

Curculio pruni Linnaeus, 1767

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 244; Nowicki 1864: 36; 1865: 36; Łomnicki 1866: 7; Nowicki 1870: 11; 1873: 38; Łomnicki 1884: 32; 1886: 213; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 211; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 26; Penecke 1928: 379; Pyatakova 1930: 334; Shapiro 1930: 142; Shapiro 1940a: 51; Medvedev 1950a: 42; 1950c: 95; Medvedev et al. 1953: 24; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Mazur 2002: 232; Nazarenko 2008b: 143; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Nazarenko 2010b: 174; 2012d: 190; 2012f: 53].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa) (Barrios & Korotyaev 2013)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Urochyshche Grabovo (= Grabova Balka), env. ravine forest, on apple tree, S. Medvedev leg., 28.vi.1953; 4 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarske, Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve, Gramma leg., 25.v.1993 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Donetsk, park Lenkoma, Martynov leg., 10.vi.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi step Nature Reserve, S. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, logging plot inpine forest, sweeping, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 18.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Frangula alnus, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) SW env . Kharkiv, Juzhnyj, leg., 18.v.1939; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, on flight, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 06.v.2002; 10 spec. (KUMN) ca. 9 km SW Zmiiv, Bespalovskaya forest research station, Shapiro leg., 15.v.1950 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, leg., 09.v.1908; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Krynicki leg., 1829; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Sperk leg., 1832; 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Izyum, in resin on wound live pine tree, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 23.viii.1998; 2 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., Lipovaja Roshcha, Fedorov leg., 22.v.1927 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, reared from dead twigs of apple tree, Grubant leg., 14.v.1968; 2 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Pavlovo Pole, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 24.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Saltovka, on Armeniaca vulgaris, N. Yunakov leg., 02.vi.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv, on water surface in decorative bassin, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 09.v.1993 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NEE Dolinskaja, nursery Vesjolye Bokoven'ki, Shapiro leg., 30.v.1955 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Borispol Distr., sovkhoz Borispolskyi, on apple tree, G.N. Nikitenko leg., 26.v.1988 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) sovkhoz Bortnichi, apple tree, G.N. Nikitenko leg., 9.vi.1988; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km SSW Milove, reserve "Streltsovskaja steppe", in burrow of loafer, Martynov leg., 08.v.1998 ; Lviv Prov.: 9 spec. (KUMN) 20 kmW Lviv, Zatoka railway station env., 5 km NW from railway, marsh, on Crataegus sp., N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.1995 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation) Mykolaiv env., Zaichivske, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 3.v.2016 ; Rivne Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) 28 km E Rivne, Gorbakov, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 30.v.1987 ;

Biology. Forests, gardens, parks, shrublands. Adults occur in V–VI. On Rosaceae: Malus communis, Armeniaca vulgaris, Cydonia oblonga; Cerasus padus, Prunus domestica, P. spinosa, Crataegus spp. (Barrios 1986)