Datonychus melanostictus (Marsham)

Curculio melanostictus Marsham, 1802

Ceuthorhynchus murinus Gyllenhal, 1837

Ceuthorhynchus obtusicollis Gyllenhal, 1837

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHE KHM KRO KYI LWI TER VIN VOL ZAK [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 537, 554; Schoenherr 1845: 156; Łomnicki 1877b: 152; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 194; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Łomnicki 1905: 77; Iljin 1926: 227; Penecke 1928: 370; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Kryzhanovskaya 1979: 172; Korotyaev 1980: 223; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 274; Mazur 2002: 228; Colonnelli 2004a: 57; Colonnelli 2004b; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Colonnelli 2013: 190].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Middle Asia, North Africa (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tauria; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 28.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, G. Kachowski leg., 5.v.1911; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 20.iv.1911; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, d-r Lgocki.

Biology. Wetlands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1972b). On Lamiaceae: Lycopus europaeus (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Colonnelli 2004a); Mentha longifolia (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974); M. aquatica (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977); Leonurus cardiaca (Hoffmann 1954); M. × piperita, M. × verticillata (Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974); M. arvensis (Kryzhanovskaya 1977) .