Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus) (i)

Curculio granarius Linnaeus, 1758

Records. CRI (i) ČER (i) DNI (i) DON (i) IFR (i) KHM (i) KHR (i) KRO (i) KYI (i) LWI (i) ODE (i) POL (i) TER (i) VIN (i) VOL (i) ZAK (i) ZAP* (i) ŽIT (i) [Andrzejowski 1823: 98; Chernay 1854: 176; Belke 1858: 362; 1859a; Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38; Belke 1866: 504; Miller 1868: 27; Nowicki 1873: 37; Lindeman 1871: 201; Łomnicki 1875: 177; 1884: 34; 1886: 228; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 195; Hildt 1893: 220; Kulikowski 1897: 207; Rybiński 1903b: 150; Łomnicki 1905: 79; Penecke 1928: 374; Pyatakova 1930: 317; Shapiro 1930: 143; Kryshtal 1959: 78; Medvedev & Skljar 1974: 567; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Zhuravlev et al. 2004: 144; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. Origin of S. granarius is disputable. It might be from so called Fertile Crescent (West Asia), an area of native distribution of wheat and rye species and origin of its agriculture ca. 10000 yr BP (Tanno & Willcox 2006; Plarre 2010) and introduced since then worldwide with grains (Lyal 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (KUMN) 40 km W Dzhankoi, Gryshyne, 45º 38' N, 33º 50' E, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 08.iv.1983 ; 14 spec. (KUMN) idem, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 16.iv.1983; 3 spec. (KUMN) Tauria, Donets-Zakharzhevski leg.; 2 spec. (KUMN) Simferopol, Gadd leg., 01.viii.1907 ; Kharkiv Prov .: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 13 km S Kharkiv, env. Vasischeve railway station, Urochyshche Cherny Les, 04.v.1910 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 1829 Mt .; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Novye Doma, in house, in leaf litter near Cavia, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 22.v.2006 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) W env. Kharkiv, Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 14.vii.1926 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., I. Krynicki leg., 1827; Khmelnytskyi Prov .: 3 spec. (SIZK) Kamianets-Podilskyi, O. Golovachuk leg., vi.1997 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Dymyne, 1901; 1 spec. (SIZK) Golikovo, V.N. Luchnik leg., 16.v.1914 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, V.N. Luchnik leg., v.1914; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, V.N. Luchnik leg., 1914; 1 spec. (SIZK) Golikovo, Chyhyryn ujezd, V.N. Luchnik leg.; Kyiv Prov .: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, A. Lebedev leg., 10.v.1904 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) Syniava, 16.viii.1923; 10 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv-Svyatoshine Distr., Luka, Jenni leg. ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, in Fagopyrum esculentum grain, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 10.x.1966 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, in Fagopyrum esculentum grain, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 23.x.1968 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Pyriatyn Distr., 8.vi.1913 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kremenets, Besser leg., 1827; Volyn Prov .: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha, school garden, A. V. Kravchenko leg., 3.vi.1988 , 1 spec. (KrC) idem, 15.vi.2008; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rakhiv Distr., Bogdan, V. Sovinsky leg., 30.vi.1947 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Melitopol, grain mix, S. V. Volovnik leg., 30.vi.1986 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 12 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 19.v.1920 .

Biology. In grain storage facilities. Breeding wild populations are not confirmed. Beetles occur I–XII. Oligophagous on Triticum spp., Secale spp., Oryza sativa (Poaceae), occasionally on other dry stored products.