Tychius (Tychius) junceus (Reich)

Curculio junceus Reich, 1797

Tychius flavicollis Stephens, 1831

Tychius haematopus Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. CRI ČER DON* IFR KHM KHR* KYI LUG LWI POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1835: 409; Boheman in Schoenherr 1843: 303; Schoenherr 1843: 302; Nowicki 1864: 37; Lindemann 1871: 199; Król 1877: 56; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 376; Roubal 1941: 184; Arnoldi 1956: 284; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 241; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2005a: 94; Nazarenko 2006b: 164; Nazarenko 2007b: 233; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2010d: 90; Caldara 2013a: 166; Nazarenko 2013b: 30].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, West Siberia, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Shumi, Kiritschenko leg., 19.vi.1907; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Arnoldi leg., 26.v.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 25.viii.1934; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, salty land, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., S. Iljin leg., 1.vi.1891; 3 spec. (ZIN) Izyum, Kremenets Mt., Arnoldi leg., 16.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological Station, Arnoldi leg., 12.vi.1918 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 13–14.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 31.v.1911; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 10.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 16.ix.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.v.1927; 2 spec. (ZIN) Karlivka, 19.v.1917; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, on Melilotus, E.I. Patsenker leg., 28.vii.1990 .

Biology. Forest edge, meadows, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. On Fabaceae: Anthyllis vulneraria (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972); Melilotus altissimus (Hoffmann 1954); Trifolium arvense (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972); Lotus corniculatus (Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h); Medicago lupulina, T. campestre, T. hybridum, T. pratense (Dieckmann 1988); Melilotus albus (Isayev 2007) .