Melanapion (Melanapion) minimum (Herbst)

Apion minimum Herbst, 1797

Records. CRI ČER DON* IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* [Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1884: 344; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 382; Medvedev 1950c: 95; Medvedev 1963: 77; Solodovnikova 1963a: 225; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 113; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1965b: 338; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 220; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Nazarenko 2010a: 704; Nazarenko 2013b: 16; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 160].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, 20 km N of Novoazovsk, floodland, on Salix, D.R. Kasparyan leg., 17.v.1974 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Monast. Korsunskij, cursus in fl. Dnjepr. S. Medvedev 13.viii.1930 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.v.1931; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 20.v.1911; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 27.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.vi.1928; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Uzhhorod Distr., Storozhnitsa, N. Yunakov leg., 1.vii.2000 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Vodyane, Zaporizhia env., S. Medvedev, 21.ix.1930 .

Biology. Forests and shrublands. Adults occur in IV–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Salicaceae: Salix aurita, S. viminalis (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); S. alba, S. caprea, S. cinerea, Salix fragilis, Salix pentandra, Salix repens (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); S. rosmarinifolia (Solodovnikova 1963a); S. purpurea (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); S. babylonica, S. dasyclados, S. myrsinifolia (Dedyukhin 2012) . The larva develops in galls induced by Tenthredinidae .