Curculio elephas (Gyllenhal)

Balaninus elephas Gyllenhal 1836

Records. CRI ČER KYI LUG* LWI ZAK ZAP* [Lindeman 1871: 198; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Roubal 1941: 190; Ter-Minasian 1956: 425; Zagajkevich 1958: 72; Mazur 2002: 227].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Middle Asia, West Siberia) (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 29 spec. (SIZK), Miskhor, at light, 7.ix.1984; 9 spec. (SIZK) idem, 11.ix.1984; 1f (KUMN) Bakhchisarai Distr., Preduschelnoye, 44.707157°N 33.872209°E, V. Shaporinsky leg., 26.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, N 44.51076° E 34.24086°, mediterranean forest, beating from Quercus pubescens, N. Yunakov leg., 6.ix.2013 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Antratsyt Distr., Mykytivka, N48.335556, E38.896389, A. Zhalov, V. Mushynskyi leg., 17–18.vii.2012 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK), Vinpogradovo, Chernaya Gora, E. Tereznikova leg., 11.viii.1957; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uzhhorod, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 16.ix.1993 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Melitopol, 46.833333°, 35.366667°, I. V. Kovalev leg., 24.vii.2014 ; 2 spec. (IKC) Primorsk Distr. 3 km SE Azov, 46.772333°, 36.482436°, A. V. Zhakov, I. V. Kovalev leg., 15.viii.2009 ; 2 spec. (IKC) Zaporizhia Distr., Nyzhnya Khortitsya, I. V. Kovalev leg., 27.vii.2012; 1 spec. (IKC) Melitopol Distr., Myrne, N46.950211°, E35.443057° A. V. Zhakov, S. Kozlov, I. V. Kovalev leg., 27.viii.2011 ; 2 spec. (IKC) ibidem, 20.viii.2014; 1 spec. (IKC) Yakymivka Distr., Myrne, N46.715188°, E35.269029°, bank of Tashchenak River, I. V. Kovalev leg., 6.viii.2013 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in VII–X. Oligophagous on Fagaceae: Castanea vesca, Quercus robur, Q. ilex, Q. cerris (Ter-Minasian 1956; Dieckmann 1988) and Q. pubescens .