Protapion dissimile (Germar)

Apion dissimile Germar, 1817

Records. ČER ČRK IFR KHR KYI LWI SUM TER ŽIT* [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Penecke 1928: 381; Sobol 1954: 316; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 226; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Solodovnikova 1986: 68; Petrukha et al. 1988: 141; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 174; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 17].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Central Asia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 5 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Kryshtal, 21.vii.1936; Kyiv Prov.: 11 spec. (ZIN) Bila Tserkva, G. Sobol leg., viii.1951; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Forest edge, dry slopes, steppes. Adults occur in VI–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Trifolium arvense (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Khrolinsky 1965; Dieckmann 1977); T. pratense (Hoffmann 1958) .