Protapion assimile assimile (Kirby)

Apion assimile Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI ODE SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Schoenherr 1833: 282; Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 57; Penecke 1928: 381; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Medvedev 1963: 78; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 337; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 224; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 173].

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

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Kryshtal, 21.vii.1936; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) steppe along road Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 5.vi.1916 ; Luhansk Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1928;

Volyn Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Markovichi, A. Yakovlev leg., 10.vi.1900; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897 .

Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–XI (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Trifolium pratense (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko

2009c); T. ochroleucon (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. montanum (Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965); T. repens (Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Nazarenko 2009c); T. pannonicum (Khrolinsky 1965); T. alpestre (Khrolinsky 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. hybridum (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. medium (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c).