Lixus (Lixus) paraplecticus (Linnaeus)

Curculio paraplecticus Linnaeus, 1758

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK* DNI DON KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LWIODE POL SUM TER VOL ZAK [Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 34; 1873: 35; Belke 1859a: 53; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Kulikovsky 1897: 197; Penecke 1932: 351; Roubal 1941: 162; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 232; Nazarenko 2009b: 43; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Volovnik 2012b: 583].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Asia) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 55 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, IMC) from 11 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Kaniv, N.D. Globova leg., 1.vii.1948; Chernihiv Prov.: 6 spec. (IMC) Korop, floodplain of Desna River, 24.viii.1970 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Korop, idem, V. Gramma leg., 24.vii.1970;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Lyman Distr., Yarova, V. Martynov leg., 9.v.1997; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Banne, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Banne, Bogachev leg., 7.vii.1957 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kherson Distr., Tokarivske Forestry, Dnipro marshes, 11.vii.1954; 1 spec. (SIZK) Oleshki, P. Yegorov leg., 1.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Tsyurupinsk, Solontsy, 27.vi.1965; 1 spec. (IMC) Hola Pristan` Distr., Kardashinka, Rafalskyi, 7.ix.1967; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, marshes, I. Maltsev leg., 20.ix.1957; 1 spec. (IMC) Nova Kakhovka, islands in Dnieper River, I. Maltsev leg., 19.v.1968; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, in the stomach of corn crake ( Crex crex), 24.ix; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Elizavetgrad [= Kropyvnytskyi], V. Jacentkowski leg., 30.iv.1904; 1 spec. (IMC) Kirovohrad [= Kropyvnytskyi] .

Biology. Wetlands. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Oenanthe, Anthriscus, Sium, Siella, Apium (Apiaceae) (Volovnik 2012b).