Magdalis (Magdalis) violacea (Linnaeus)

Curculio violaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Magdalinus heydeni Desbrochers des Loges, 1870

Magdalis cyanea Seidlitz, 1875

Records. CRI* ČNG IFR KHR KYI LWI RIV VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 244 ( Thamnophilus); Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 36; 1865: 36; 1873: 38; Łomnicki 1882: 251; 1884: 32; 1886: 213; Cherkunov 1889: 191;

Łomnicki 1904: 369; 1905: 83; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 23; Tveritina 1956: 142; Barrios 1986: 400–401; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Mazur 2002: 232]

Distribution. Europe, Siberia (Barrios & Korotyaev 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, CR-10-08, xerothermic forest, N44°30´49˝ E34°15´00˝, alt. 140 m a.s.l., N. Yunakov leg., 22.v.2010 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kolochava env., Synevyr National Park, A. V. Parkhomenko leg., 31.v.–14.vi.2013 .

Biology. Coniferous and mixed forests. Adults occur in V–VI. On Pinus, Picea excelsa, Abies pectinata (Pinaceae) (Barrios 1986)