Tychius (Tychius) stephensi Schoenherr

Curculio tomentosus Herbst, 1795 [HN]

Tychius stephensi Schoenherr, 1835

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT [Belke 1866: 504; Miller 1868: 27; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Lindemann 1871: 199; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Hormuzaki 1893: 108; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 376; Shapiro 1930: 143; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1953: 61; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Petrukha et al. 1988: 139; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 242; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005a: 94; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Kravchenko 2010: 61; Nazarenko 2010d: 90; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Caldara 2013a: 170].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Levant, Iran; introduced in North America (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 6 spec. (ZIN) Tauria, Alushta, 1889; 3 spec. (ZIN) Taushan-Bazar, W. Pliginski, 10.vii.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.vii.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Degermenkoj, Kiritschenko leg., 20.v.1907; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Nyrkovo-Vyemka, steppe, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.vi.1938; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., Iljin leg., 4.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 5.vi.1916; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) floodplain forest along Derkul River, 7.vi.1952 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.vi.1926; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.vi.1926; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.viii.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1927; 4 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pirjatin, R. m., Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.vi.1925; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897;

Biology. Meadows, forest edge, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Fabaceae: Trifolium arvense, T. campestre, T. pratense, T. repens (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972); T. aureum (Ioannisiani 1972); T. hybridum (Dieckmann 1988); Securigera varia (Isayev 2007) .