Cyanapion (Bothryorrhynchapion) platalea (Germar)

Apion platalea Germar, 1817

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KYI LWI TER VIN ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 344; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Penecke 1928: 382; Khrolinsky 1965: 113; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 231; Dieckmann 1975: 125; Dieckmann 1977: 101; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 165].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, West Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) 20 km S of Simferopol, near Kyzyl Koba Caves, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 10.ix.1986 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Vicia hirsuta (Hoffmann 1958); V. cracca (Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965); V. villosa (Smreczyński 1965); Lathyrus latifolius, L. sylvestris, L. tuberosus (Fabaceae) (Dieckmann 1977).