Archarius (Archarius) salicivorus (Paykull)

Curculio salicivorus Paykull, 1792

Curculio brassicae Fabricius, 1792

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 37; 1865: 37; Belke 1866: 504; Łomnicki 1868: 137; Miller 1868: 27; Lindeman 1871: 198; Łomnicki 1882: 251; 1884: 32; 1886: 214; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 150; Łomnicki 1905: 79; Penecke 1928: 374; Pyatakova 1930: 333; Roubal 1941: 191; Medvedev 1950b: 71; 1950c: 97; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Ter-Minasian 1956: 440; Globova 1958: 166; Medvedev 1963: 77; Levchinskaya & Sereda 1978: 74; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 227; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53 Nazarenko 2005a: 91; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; 2009e: 42; 2010d: 83; 2012f: 51; 2013b: 19].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) 16 km S Bilohirsk, env. of Krasnoselovka, on willows, S. Medvedev leg., 14.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Bakhchisarai Distr., Mizhhiria, Bartenev leg., 29.vi.1985 ; 13 spec. (KUMN) ca. 5 km N Pybachij, Urochyshche Chiginitra, on Salix sp., N. Yunakov leg., 3.v.1998 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chugujev, env. of Dachi railway platform, mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Golaja Pristan, Kardashinskoe swamp, meadow on willows, S. Medvedev leg., 7.vi.1951 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, env. of Nizhneteploe, floodplain of Siverskyi Donets River, on Salix viminalis, S. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km SSW Milove, Streltsovsky Step Nature Reserve, floodplains, evening, in the shadow between trees, Shapiro leg., 22.v.1949 ;

Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., 9 km NE Klesiv, Somyne Lake, sweeping on Ledum palustre, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 14.vi.2008 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Lebedyn Distr., between Druzhne and Stepove, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Stara Huta, swamp, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.vi.2006 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, willows, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 21.vi.2006;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Mizhhiria, env. of Kalachava, on Corylus avellana, Ananjev leg., 27.vi.1995 .

Biology. Forests, shrublands, floodplains. Adults occur in IV–VIII. In Cynipids ( Hymenoptera) galls on Salix spp. ( Salicaceae) (Ter-Minasian 1956; Dieckmann 1988)