Baris artemisiae (Panzer)

Curculio artemisiae Panzer, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČRKDNI* DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG* LWI ODE POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Krynicki 1832: 154; Miller 1868: 27; Lindeman 1871: 201; Weise 1876: 110; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Roubal 1941: 214; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 223; Nazarenko 2010d: 84].

Distribution. Palaearctic.

Material examined. 112 specimens (KUMN, SIZK, ZIN) including: Dnipro Prov .: 3 spec. (KUMN) 6 km N Novomoskovsk, near Vilne, D.S. Shapiro leg., 18.v.1951; Kropyvnytskyi Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) Znamenka env .,

Urochyshche Cherny Les, S.I. Medvedev, 22.vi.1955; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [=Krasnodon], Provalskaya steppe Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 20.v.1947 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, Nizhneteple env., floodland S.I. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSW Karlovka, near Razumovka, S.I. Medvedev leg., 24.v.1950 .

Biology. Grasslands and forests, abundant in agricultural and other disturbed biotopes. Adults occur in IV– VIII. On Asteraceae: Artemisia spp.

Baris convexicollis (Boheman)

Baridius convexicollis Boheman, 1836

Records. CRI KHE* POL [Zaslavskij 1956: 362].

Distribution. SE Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran.

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, salty steppe, V. E. Jakovlev leg., 10.vii.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, IvanovI., leg., 15.vii.1912 . 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria Distr., MainakiLake, salty steppe, on Salicornia spec. I.A. Solodovnikov leg., 9.vii.1997 . 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria Distr., Molochnoye, salty steppe, I.A. Solodovnikov leg., 11.vii.1998 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Chongar, on Artemisia, Yu.Karmishev leg., 10.vi.1987 ; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Potoki station, Kremenchuk, 49.066667°N 33.416667°E, Lukjanovich leg., 10.vii.1940 .

Biology. Steppes, salty steppes. Adults occur in VI–VII. On Salicornia sp. ( Chenopodioideae: Amaranthaceae).