Brachypera (Antidonus) zoilus (Scopoli)

Curculio zoilus Scopoli, 1763

Curculio punctatus Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE TER RIV VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 172, 242; Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 34; 1865: 34; Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 24; Nowicki1870: 14; Lindeman 1871: 313; Nowicki 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1875: 176; 1882: 251; 1884: 30; Hormuzaki 1888: 152; Cherkunov 1889: 188; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1905: 72; Penecke 1928: 361; Tveritina 1956: 137; 1962: 40; Petrukha 1949: 122; Kryshtal 1949: 175; 1959: 76; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Nazarenko et al. 1998c: 113; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 45; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 37; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2009b: 500].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north), introduced to Japan and Nearctic Region (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 25 km NE Chernihiv, near Sednev, Snov River, marsh, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 10.v.1989 ; 1 spec. (NSPU) W env. of Ladinki, O. Lugina leg. 1995; Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (CHSU) Chernivtsi, K.A.Penecke leg., 26.iv.1895; Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Balaklava Distr., Morozivka, 26.vii.1956 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Çatır Dağ Mt. Range, S slopes, Fagus forest, meadow, under stones, A.A. Petrenko leg., 24.viii.1978 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Çatır Dağ Mt. Range, Eklizi-Burun Mt., A.A. Petrenko leg., 27.viii.1978 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg.; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Sperk leg., 1831; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Polonne Distr., Velyka Berezna Distr., V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 3.ix.1993 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Bucha, Lewenhaupt leg.; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Teremky, A. Bogachev leg., 7.x.1956; idem, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.viii.1994; 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Trukhaniv Island, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 11.ix.1994 ; Lviv Prov.: 7 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Shtekl leg., 14.x; 1894; idem, O. V. Lavrukh leg., 4.ix.1961; 1 spec. (SIZK) Lviv, Dilok, I. Lazorko leg., 17.vi.1936; 1 spec. (SIZK) Lviv, Vynnyky, V. M. Lazorko leg., 17.ix.1937; 1 spec. (SIZK) Zolochiv Distr., Vilshanytsia, V. M. Lazorko leg., 23– 24.vi.1936; 1 spec. (SIZK) Zolochiv Distr., Lysa Hora, I. Jakubowski leg., 5.x.1963 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (GC) Odesa, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 26.ix.1995; 1 spec. (GC) idem, sea coast, A. Orlov leg., 10.iv.1984; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Mlyniv, meadow, 2.vi ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Husiatyn Distr., Vikno env., Medobory, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.vi.1996 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ‘ Volyn, Besser leg.’; Zakarpatska Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 15 km NE Mukachevo, Karpaty resort, Jakushenko leg., 07.viii.1971; 1spec. (SIZK) Mizhhiria Distr., Alsókalocsa ( Kolochava), Tereblia River, Yu. Movchan leg., 15–30.v.1972; 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SE Vinohradiv, Tekovo, left bank of Tysa River, marsh, D. V. Vovk leg., 09.vii.1995 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 21.vii.1921; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, 10.vii.1923; 2 spec. (SIZK) idem, 25.v.1924 .

Biology. Meadows, floodplains, fields. Adults occur in IV–X. On Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa, M. falcata (Fabaceae) (Nazarenko et al. 1998c; Mazur 2002)