Bagous alismatis (Marsham)

Curculio alismatis Marsham, 1802

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK* DNI DON* IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI ODE POL TER VIN VOL ZAK [Nowicki 1864: 36; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 212; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 146; Łomnicki 1905: 75; Iljin 1926: 227; Penecke 1928: 364; Znojko 1929: 78; Mazur 2002: 230; Caldara 2013b: 172].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Siberia, Russian Far East (Caldara 2013b).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Mleev, 20.viii.1924; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, 23.v.1906; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Noveselivske, near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1937;

Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, Jacentkowski leg., 15.vi.1901; 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, Egorov leg., 22.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Monast. Korsunskij, cursus in fl. Dnjepr. S.Medvedev leg., 10.vii.1931; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Koncha-Zaspa, Prozhiga leg., 25.vii.1928;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 14.v.1928; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 15.v.1921 ; Poltava Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 11.v.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.v.1927; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha, Psiache Urochyshche, O.M. Kravchenko leg., 5.vi.2003

Biology. Marshes. Adults occur in III–XI (Dieckmann 1983). On Alismataceae: Alisma plantago-aquatica, Sagittaria sagittifolia (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1983; Caldara & O’Brien 1998; Sprick 2001); A. lanceolatum, Luronium natans (Sprick 2001) .