Sitona humeralis Stephens

Sitona humeralis Stephens, 1831

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI IFR KRO KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Miller 1868: 25; Lindeman 1871: 192; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 283; Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko 2010d: 89].

Distribution. West Palaearctic; introduced to Nearctic and Neotropical regions.

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kaniv Nature Reserve, N.D. Globova leg. ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Korop Distr., Buzhenka, A. Goncharenko leg., 27.vi.1953 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUN) 8 km ESE Perevalne, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Malaya Burulça River sources, N. Yunakov leg., 19.vi.2002 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 8 km SW of Izyum, Topalskoye env., A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 14.viii.2004 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, N. Yunakov leg., 16.iii.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Izyum, slope of Kremyanets Mt., A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 09.viii.2004 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, 01.v.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Alekseevka, Lopan River bank, Stolar S. leg., 01.v.1997 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Gadd G. leg., 10.v.1908; 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SSW Zmiiv, Homilshanskiye Lesa National Park, Nizhniye Melnitsy locality, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1994 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Michalovka between Kamianets- Podilskyi and Dunaivtsi; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NEE Dolinskaya, Veselyye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.vi.1952 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, 24.v.1918; 1 spec. (SIZK) Myronivka, 16.iv.1926; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Feofaniia, Trifolium sp., 24.vii.1952 ; 3 spec. (SIZK) idem, Medicago sp., 24.vii.1952 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 18.ix.1952; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rivnensky Nature Reserve, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ; Sumy Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) Mykhailivska tsilyna Nature Reserve, Petrenko leg., 19.viii.2009 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, grasslands. Adults occur in III–XI. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly Medicago spp .