Squamapion flavimanum (Gyllenhal)

Apion flavimanum Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI* ČER KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL [Rybiński 1903b: 153; Penecke 1928: 381; Khrolinsky 1965: 110; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 333; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Solodovnikova 1986: 68; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga

2004; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Nazarenko 2009c: 41; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 161; Nazarenko 2012g: 51].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, West Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Mezhgorie, Forestry, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 11.ix.1980; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., S. Iljin leg., 4.vi.1891; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological Station, K. V. Arnoldi leg., 18.v.1918 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 10.vi.2000; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya station, near Luhansk, Talicky leg., 25.vi.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanychno-Luhansky Nature Reserve, G.E. Davidian leg., 10.viii.1989 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, grasslands. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Lamiaceae: Origanum vulgare (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002; Nazarenko 2009c); Clinopodium vulgare, Mentha aquatica, M. longifolia (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977).