Taeniapion rufulum (Wencker)

Apion rufulum Wencker, 1864

Records. ČER ČRK IFR LWI TER [Penecke 1932: 355; Lazorko 1963: 44; Mazur 2002: 222].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Levant, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, in leaf litter, A. V. Ushinskii leg., 8.iv.1924 .

Biology. Wetlands, and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Urticaceae: Urtica urens (Penecke 1932; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002); U. pilulifera (Hoffmann 1958) .