Miarus campanulae (Linnaeus)

Curculio campanulae Linnaeus, 1767

Records. CRI* ČER DON* KHM* KHR KYI IFR LUG* LWI POL* SUM* TER VOL ZAK ŽIT [Łomnicki 1870: 82; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 218; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 82; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 76; Penecke 1928: 378; Shapiro 1930: 143; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Mazur 2002: 233; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 40].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Taushan-Bazar, Kiritschenko leg., 7.vi.1907; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Banne, near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 23.v.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 19.vi.1914 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Karachivka, B. Iljin leg., 29.vi.1913; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Grum-Grzhimailo leg., 16–19.v.1895; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Sainog leg., 5– 9.vi.1896; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 20.v.1928; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 8.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 9.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava Distr., Dikanjka, 21.vi.1914; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Shostka env., Kurnakov leg., 1.vii.1940 .

Biology. Forest edge, slopes, meadows. Adults occur in V–VII. On Campanulaceae: Campanula carpatica, C. erinus, C. glomerata, C. patula, C. rapunculoides, C. rapunculus, C. trachelium, Phyteuma orbiculare (Hoffmann 1958); C. persicifolia, C. rotundifolia, Ph. spicatum (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1976).

Note. Identification of Miarus species is based on examination of male genitalia, thus many historical records of C. campanulae from Ukraine are probably refer to C. ajugae or other species.