Larinus (Phyllonomeus) carlinae (Olivier)

Lixus carlinae Olivier, 1807

Curculio ebeneus Marsham, 1802 [NO]

Records. CRI* ČER* ČNG DON* IFR KHM* KHR KYI LUG* LWI MYK* ODE POL TER VIN ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Nowicky 1864: 36, 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1866: 7, 1870: 81, 1875: 177, 1884: 31].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north), introduced to North America (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Mena Distr., Blistova, V.N. Pavlyuk leg., 4.vi.2002 ;

Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Putivl Distr., Selyatin, grass under coniferous, 11.vii.1966; Crimea: spec. (SIZK) Bilohisk Distr., Bila Skelya, S. V. Volovnik, 18.v.1983 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, vi.1893 . 1 spec. (KUMN) Volnovakha Distr., Mariupol forest experimental station, (D.) Shapiro leg., 22.v.1937; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 20.v.1937, 25.vi.1937; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.1995 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, 25.v.1995; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 14 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Polilskyi Distr., Bagovitsia, Grum-Grzhimajlo leg., 19.v–18.vi.1895; Kyiv Prov.: 1spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Horbachykha tract, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.viii.2000 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Stanytsia Luhanska Distr., Yuganivka, on Cirsium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 26.vi.1983 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Turka Distr., 8.vi.1965 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC)) Snihurivka Distr., Svitla Dacha, V. K. Rafalskyj leg., 30.v.1967 ; spec. (ZIN) Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. (IMC) Kotovsk [= Podilsk], I. V. Maltsev leg., 28.v.1964 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 4.vii.1926; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vinnytsia, floodplain of Pivdenny Buh River, O. Trapeznikova leg., 19.vii.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 21.vii.97, 26.vii.1997; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Rakhiv Distr., Kvasy, 22.vii.1966;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka vill, Staroberdyansky forest, on the buds of Cirsium setosum, S.V. Volovnik leg., 12.vi.1983 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 14.v.1920 .

Biology. Primary steppes, secondary grasslands, forests, ruderal habitats. Adults occurs in V–VII. Oligophagous on Carduinae and Centaureinae ( Asteraceae) (Batra et al. 1981).

Notes. During more than 100 years L. carlinae was mistakenly mixed with L. planus (see below) (Gültekin 2006a). Thus, some records on L. planus (Kryshtal 1949: Mazur & Kuśka 1994; Kubisz et al. 1998; Barsov et al. 1998; Mazur 2002; Nazarenko et al. 2003; Nazarenko 2013) apparently refer to L. carlinae .