Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) meliloti (Kirby)

Apion meliloti Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1884: 344; Łomnicki 1886: 234; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; Penecke 1928: 383; Kryshtal 1956: 322; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 115; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 338; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 229; Petrukha et al. 1988: 142; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 222; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 171; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 18].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 5.vi.1902; 2 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., 26.vi.1926 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Krasnograd [= Konstantingrad]. Th.Lukjanovich, 1.viii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vii.2000 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 19.iv.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Starobelsky uchastok, Silantjev leg., 30.vi. –14.vii.1897 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Talicky leg., 12.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.vii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yunitsky National Park, G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Khadzhubeisky Lyman, D. Znoiko leg., 20.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Ananyev Distr., Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 15.v.1921 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bolgrad, A. Poiras leg., 14.vi.1990 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 6 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, on Melilotus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 12.vi.1986 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897;

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Melilotus officinalis (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. albus (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. altissimus (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. dentatus (Dieckmann 1977) .