Rhinoncus perpendicularis (Reich)

Curculio perpendicularis Reich, 1797

Records. CRI* ČER DON* KHE KHM KHR* KYI LWI POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 193; Mazur 2002: 238; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Nazarenko 2013b: 27].

Distribution. Palaearctic; introduced to North America (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Simferopol, Pavlovskij leg., 10.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, G. Kachowski leg., 5.v.1911; 1m (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., Salgir River valley, Fersmanovo env., 44°54'7" N 34°10'34" E, 293m, river bank, N. Yunakov leg., 12.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Sloviansk Distr., Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1939 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bannoye [= Svyatohirsk], Arnoldi leg., 13. VII.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary env., Bile Lake, 49, 6144479°N 36, 3178113°E, Zakharchenko leg., 10.vii.1988 . 3 spec. (KUMN, ZIN) SE of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, wetland, N. Yunakov leg., 3.vi.2000 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Vovchansk Distr., near Staryi Saltiv, on Persicaria amphibia, N. Yunakov leg., 23.vii.1999 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 1923; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg. ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rivnensky Nature Reserve, V. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) SW of Uzhhorod, Storozhnitsa, left bank of Uzh River, 48, 611533°N 22, 23817°E, N. Yunakov leg., 1.vii.2000 .

Biology. Wetlands and forests; abundant in disturbed biotopes. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Rumex spp. ( Polygonaceae).