Protapion fulvipes fulvipes (Geoffroy)

Rhinomacer fulvipes Geoffroy, 1785

Curculio flavipes; auct. [MI]. not Paykull, 1792

Apion dichroum Bedel, 1886

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Krynicki 1832: 145; Chernay 1854: 170, 239; Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1859b: 74; Nowicki 1864: 33; Miller 1868: 24; Lindemann 1871: 196; Król 1877: 55; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 56; Iljin 1926: 228; Penecke 1928: 381; Shapiro 1930: 144; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Medvedev 1950c: 92; Sobol 1954: 316; Arnoldi 1956: 304; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Globova 1963: 114; Medvedev 1963: 78; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 337; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Petrukha et al. 1988: 142; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 221; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 40; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Kravchenko 2010: 59; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 174; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 17].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Domantovo, Kizericki leg., 18.vii.1918; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg.; 20 spec. (ZIN) Partenit, Keller leg., VIII–IX.1912; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka, N.N. Filippov leg., 19.ix.1912; 5 spec. (ZIN) Toply, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Massandra Park, Derbeneva leg., 28.v.1956 .

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Botanical Garden, Arnoldi leg., 1–2.iv.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2– 6.iv.1918; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 9.iv.1919; 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 8.viii.1912; 2 spec. (ZIN) Spasov Skit, 23.vii.1913; 8 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.viii.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, 22.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.vi.1913; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Zeleny Hai, Kirejtshuk leg., 11.vi.1975; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 14.vi.1914; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.v.1916; 7 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1916; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 9.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Zamostye, Iljin leg.; 1 (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological station, Arnoldi leg., 7.viii.1932 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Znamenka, 7.vii.1907 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 26.ii.1908; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.vii.1909; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.iii.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 29.viii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.v.1928; 6 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.v.1929; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.ix.1929; 10 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1928; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.viii.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 16.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1928; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Rosenky, Talicky leg., 14.v.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 24.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.viii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyryatyn, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 24.vii.1925 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, meadow, 600 m, Zaslavsky leg., 18.v.1958; 2 spec. (ZIN) Uzhhorod Distr., Lypova Skala Mt. Range, 600 m, N. Yunakov leg., 6.vii.2000 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1897; 3 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr, V. Sakanovsky leg., 21.iv.1920; 1 spec. (ZIN) Borschiv, 12 km from Radomyshl, Birulya leg., 19.vi.1910 .

Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–IX. On Fabaceae: Trifolium medium (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); T. pratense (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Khrolinsky 1965; Nazarenko 2009c); T. hybridum, T. repens (Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. aureum (Smreczyński 1965); T. spadiceum (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); Melilotus officinalis, Vicia cracca (Solodovnikova 1963); Medicago spp ., Ononis spp . (Nazarenko 2009c).