Rhamphus oxyacanthae (Marsham)

Curculio oxyacanthae Marsham, 1802

Rhamphus flavicornis Clairville, 1798

Records. CRI* DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL [Chernay 1854: 170; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Nowicki 1873: 37; Łomnicki 1884: 33; 1886: 220; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Mazur 2002: 238; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Nazarenko 2013b: 13].

Distribution. Europe (excluding west), Cyprus (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 5 km N of Rybachy, Urochyshche Chiginitra, on Crataegussanguinea, N. Yunakov leg., 02.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, W slope of Karagaz Mt. Range N44° 54' 47.7'' E35° 12' 26.0'', accuracy 6m h= 36m [066]. [Garmin etrex; WGS84], steppe slope sweeping under Crataegus, N. Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Grabova Balka, on apple tree, S. Medvedev leg., 28.vi.1953; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) SEE of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, dry meadow, on Crataegus sp., N. Yunakov leg., 19.vii.1998 ; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalche Division, Gorbunov leg., 07.v.1999 ; 3 spec. (KUMN) idem, Gorbunov leg., 10.v.1999; Lviv Prov.: 11 spec. (KUMN) 20 km W Lviv, Zatoka railway station env., marsh, on Crataegus sp., N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.1995 ; Sumy Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, Stara Huta, glade in the mixed forest, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.vi.2006 .

Biology. Forests, bushlands. Adults occur in V–VII. Oligophagous on Crataegus spp. ( Rosaceae) (Tempère & Péricart 1989; Mazur 2002)