Protapion varipes (Germar)

Apion varipes Germar, 1817

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE* POL* RIV SUM TER VIN ZAK ŽIT* [Schoenherr 1833: 279; Król 1877: 55; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 381; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Sobol 1954: 316; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Medvedev 1963: 78; Solodovnikova 1963a: 225; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 112; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 338; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; Petrukha et al. 1988: 144; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 266; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 40; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 175; Nazarenko 2012g: 51].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Iran, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Graftio leg., VII–VIII.1898; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawlowski leg., 15–18.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 4 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 14.vi.1914; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary env., Biological station, Arnoldi leg., 13.v.1919; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 1.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) Derhachi, S. Iljin leg., 28.vii.1913; 3 spec. (ZIN) Karachivka, Iljin leg., 29.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Arnoldi leg., 15.iv.1918; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zeleny Hai, Kirejtshuk leg., 11.vi.1975 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.v.1928; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, E. Fischer leg.; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 27.iv.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.iv.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyryatyn, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 24.vii.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.vii.1925; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; 1 spec. (ZIN) Romny, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 5.vii.1927 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr, B. Sakanowski leg., 21.iv.1920 .

Biology. Forest edge, meadows, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Trifolium pratense (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. arvense (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. repens (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); T. alpestre, T. montanum (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. medium (Isayev 2007); Securigera varia (Solodovnikova 1963a) .