Otiorhynchus (Podoropelmus) albidus Stierlin

Otiorhynchus albidus Stierlin, 1861

Otiorhynchus strictipennis Magnano, 1999

Records. CRI KHE KRO (i) ODE ZAP* [Arnoldi et al. 1965: 508; Yunakov 2003c: 303].

Distribution. Balkans, Black Sea regions, Caucasus; introduced to Austria (Vienna) and Germany (Magdeburg).

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 2f (ZIN) Odesa, fruit garden, V.N. Tsvetkova leg., 15.vi.1946; 1f (ZIN) near Luzanovka, D. Znoiko leg., 25.v.1892; Crimea: 1 f KUMN Eupatoria Distr., Eupatoria env., Bartenev A.F. leg., 23.v.1989 ; 1 f (ZMUN) Sevastopol Distr., Sevastopol env., Fiolent Cape, Marusik Yu.M. leg., 16.iii.2002; 1 f (KUMN) Sevastopol Distr., Sevastopol env., Kamyshovaya Bay. I.P. Moskalets leg., 11.vii.2008; 3f (ZIN) Nikita env., Cape of Martian Nature Reserve, Yunakov leg., 17.v.2001 ; 7 f (KUMN) idem, 22.v.2010; 13 f (KUMN) idem, 18.v.2012; 1 f (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., Kesslersky Les, N. Yunakov leg., 08.vi.2010; Kherson Prov.: 1f (ZIN) Kherson, S. Chistikov leg., 18.viii.1972 ; 1 f KUMN 50 km SE Kakhovka, Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, I.P. Lezhenina leg., 18.v.1984 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 f KUMN 20 km NEE of Dolinskaya, Veselye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.v.1955 ; 1 f (KUMN) idem, 31.v.1955; 3f (ZIN) idem, steppe, V. I. Talicki leg., 30.v.1965;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, forest, on Ulmus, E.I. Patsenker leg., 7.vii.1988 .

Biology. Submontane and lowland xerothermic bushlands, semidry broadleaf forests and Mediterranean forests. Parthenogenetic in most parts of the areal; males occur in Greece. Beetles nocturnal, occur in V–VII. Polyphagous.

Note. Bisexual form described from Crimea as O. strictipennis Magnano, 1999 . No males were found in all studied collection afterwards.Originaly related to Mediterranean forests and transitional biomes. According to original data it is a subject of introduction with cultivated plants and probably planting substrates in Central Europe. In two occasions (2011 and 2013) was detected in urban park area of Vienna (Austria).During vegetation seasons 2011–2015 O. albidus was abundant in Magdeburg-Reform (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) on various cultivated plants in suburban gardens. In 1955 and 1965 it was found in Veselye Bokovenki arboretum (Kirivograd province) that is northernmost Ukrainian finding as known so far.