Pseudapion fulvirostre (Gyllenhal)

Apion fulvirostre Gyllenhal, 1833

Apion atritarse Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHE KHM KYI LWI ODE* POL* TER VIN ZAP* [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1833: 274, 277; Schoenherr 1839: 394, 402; Lindemann 1871: 295; Penecke 1928: 381; Smreczyński 1934: 59; Tenenbaum 1937: 344; Khrolinsky 1965: 110; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 228; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 163; Nazarenko 2012g: 51].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Middle Asia, East Siberia, Tibet, North Africa (Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, S. Chistikov leg., 12.viii.1972; 1 spec. (ZIN) 1 spec. (ZIN) Monast. Korsunskij, cursus in fl. Dnjepr, S.Medvedev leg., 10.vii.1921 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Vasylkiv Distr., Olshanitsa, Zverozomb-Zubovsky leg., 21.vi.1912 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Vylkove, Carex, 15.vii.1965 ; Poltava Prov.: 6 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 6.vi.1926; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) steppe along road Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, E.I. Patsenker leg., 13.vii.1989 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Malvaceae: Althaea hirsuta (Penecke 1928); A. cannabina, Malva sylvestris (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977); A. officinalis (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977).