Scaphomorphus vibex (Pallas)

Curculio vibex Pallas, 1781

Records. DON KHR KHE [Lukjanovitch 1926: 140; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354].

Distribution. SE Europe, Tunisia, East Palaearctic (excluding north) (Stüben & Benha 2004; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Lyman Distr., Novosyolovka, sands, Arnoldi, 15.vi.1938 ; 1spec. (ZIN) idem, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, sands, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, sands, Arnoldi leg., 5.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, pine forest, vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, pine forest, Arnoldi leg., 5.vi.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 1spec. (ZIN) Izyum Forestry, 25.vi.1915; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Oleshki, Holovyanko leg., 1936; 1 spec. (SIZK) Oleshki, Kostenko leg., 5.vii.1928 ; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Oleshki, Romanov leg., vii.1933 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, A.A. Petrusenko leg., 6.viii.1984 .

Biology. Sandy habitats. Adults occur in VI–VII.Probably feeds on Asteraceae (Ter-Minasian 1967)