Otiorhynchus (Eunihus) proximus Stierlin

Otiorhynchus proximus Stierlin, 1861

Otiorhynchus depilis Smreczyński, 1936

Records. IFR ZAK [Miller 1868: 25; Roubal 1941: 128; Smreczyński 1959: 9; Endrődi 1960: 18; Yunakov, 1998: 41; Mazur 2002: 235; Yunakov 2003c: 261, 262].

Distribution. Endemic to Carpathians.

Material examined. Ivano-Frankivsk Prov.: 1 f (KUMN) Carpathian National Park, Chornohora Mt. Range, E slope Breskul Mt., 1300–1400 m, V. Martynov leg., 08.viii.2004 ; 1 f (ZIN) Mikuliczyn; 1 f (ZIN) source of Chornyj Cheremosh River, Chyvchyn Mt., Rizun V.B. leg., 14.viii.1979 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 17 f (KUMN, ZIN) Chornohora Mt.Range, Hoverla Mt., Bogdanov leg., 20.viii.1979 ; 5 f (ZIN) idem, Rizun V.B. leg., 20.viii.1979; 12 f (ZIN) Chernohora Mt. Range, Polonyna Breskul, N. Yunakov leg., 21.vii.2001 ; 8 f (ZIN) Chornohora Mt. Range, Polonyna Breskul, W slope of Hoverla Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 22.vii.2001 ; 1 f (ZIN) Chornogora Mt. Range, Polonyna Pozhyzhevska; 128 f (ZIN) 18 km SE Rakhiv, Maramuresh Mts., Holovachiu Mt. Range, Nenyaska Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 12.vii.2000 ; 2 f (KUMN) 18 km SE Rakhiv, Maramuresh Mts., Holovachiu Mt. Range, Nenyaska Mt., upper course of Schaul River, Nadein K.S. leg., 15.vii.2002 ; 1 f (KUMN) Maramuresh Mts., NE slope of Pip Ivan Mt., Nadein K.S. leg., 16.vii.2002 .

Paratype of O. depilis Smreczyński: 1 f (ZIN) ‘Charnohora, Smreczyński’, ‘Howerla 29 VI 1922 ’, ‘Paratyp.’, Otiorhyncus depilis Smreczyński det., 1956, Smreczyński leg.

Biology. Upper belt of montane forests, alpine and subalpine zones, in grass litter. Adults occur in VI–VIII. Polyphagous; documented on Potentilla sp.

Note. Described from ‘Galicja’.