Orchestes (Orchestes) fagi fagi (Linnaeus)

Curculio fagi Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KYI LWI TER VIN ZAK ŽIT [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 37; 1865: 37; Belke 1866: 504; Łomnicki 1868: 151; 1884: 33; 1886: 219; Nowicki 1870: 11; Lindeman 1871: 198; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1880: 11; 1882: 251; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Penecke 1928: 376; Tveritina 1956: 142; Zagajkevich 1958: 77; Medvedev 1959: 67; Yunakov 1999b: 137; Mazur 2002: 238; Mateleshko et al. 2009: 599].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 4 spec. (KUMN) E slope of Karabi-Yaila Mt. Range, upper course of Bijuk- Karasu River, Urochyshche Grushevnik, on beech, N. Yunakov leg., 29.iv.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Mt. Chuchel', beech forest, Levchinskaya leg., 4.vi.1954 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Karabi-Yaila Mt. Range, bank lake Egiz-Tenakh, near water on stones, N. Yunakov leg., 4.v.1996 ; 9 spec. (KUMN) ridge Babugan-jajla, high grass with domination of cereal, S. Medvedev leg., 6.vii.1955 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Nikitskaya Yaila Mt.Range, sweeping, S. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1956 ; Ivano-Frankivsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 6 km SE Jaremche, Carpathans National park, mountains in SW env. of Mikulichin, fir-spruce-beech forest, in leaf litter under firs and beeches, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 15.vii.2005 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) ca. 15 km NE Mizhhiria, env. of Synevyrska Poliana, Polonyna Ozerna, alpine meadow, D. Vovk leg., 1.vii.1995 ; 8 spec. (KUMN) idem, Mereshor env., mountain meadow, N. Yunakov leg., 20.vi.1996 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) idem, marsh, N. Yunakov leg., 17.vi.1996; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, Krasna Mt. Range, Ananjev leg., 20.vi.1996 ; 55 spec. (KUMN) idem, on Fagus, N. Yunakov leg., 20.vi.1996 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) near Kolochava, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2015

Biology. Fagus forests. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Fagus sylvatica and F. orientalis (Fagaceae) (Mazur 2002)