Holotrichapion (Apiops) pullum (Gyllenhal)

Apion pullum Gyllenhal, 1833

Apion aestimatum Faust, 1891

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON* KHE* KHM KHR LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1833: 299; Schoenherr 1839: 432; Lindemann 1871: 295; Penecke 1923: 188; Penecke 1928: 382; Smreczyński, 1929: 81; Tenenbaum 1938: 428; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1953: 64; Fasulati & Sikura 1956: 73; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Solodovnikova 1963a: 225; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 114; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 338; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; Dieckmann 1977: 106; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 220; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 168].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 5 spec. (ZIN) Tauria, Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.iv.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 5.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawlowski leg., 6–10.vi.1911 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Kertsch, Kirichenko leg., 5.v.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Dumberg leg., 10–15.v.1901 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka, N.N. Filippov leg., 17.ix.1936 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.ix.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Nikitskaya Yaila Mt. Range, SE slope of Ai-Ilya-Sirim Mt., 1300 m, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.2001 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Inkerman valley, K. Arnoldi leg., 30.iv.1938 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Feodosia, E.A. Vasilyeva leg., 27.v.1986 ; 4 spec. (ZIN) Golubinka, Belbek River valley, N. Derbeneva leg., 4.vi.1956 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 12.vi.1937; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, pasture, L. Zelinskaya leg., 25.v.1987 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, meadow, 600 m, Zaslavsky leg., 31.v.1958 .

Biology. Forest edge, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–XI (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Medicago falcata (Penecke 1928; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); M. lupulina, M. sativa (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); Trifolium sp. (Solodovnikova 1963).