Ceratapion (Angustapion) transsylvanicum (Schilsky)

Apion transsylvanicum Schilsky, 1906

Apion macrorrhynchum: auct. [MI] not Eppelsheim, 1888

Records. KHM POL TER VIN [Smreczyński 1934: 59; Tenenbaum 1937: 344; Smreczyński 1965: 47; Wanat 1995: 357; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Korotyaev et al. 2006: 321; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 155].

Distribution. SE Europe (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) W. Ukraina, Podolia, Pieczarna, S.Tenenbaum 1.viii.1932;

Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1927 .

Biology. Xerothermic slopes. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Echinops sphaerocephalus (Asteraceae) (Wanat 1995; Mazur 2002).