Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) balcanicus Stierlin

Otiorhynchus balcanicus Stierlin, 1861

Records. CRI KHE KYI (i)* ZAP [Arnoldi et al. 1965: 508; Yunakov 2003c: 307].

Distribution. Balkans, Ukraine, Asia Minor, Caucasus, West Iran

Material examined. Crimea: 1 f (KUMN) Saky Distr., Saky 14.vii.1926; 2 f (KUMN) Sevastopol Distr., Sevastopol Pliginsky W. leg., 23.ix.1907 ; 4 f (KUMN) Sevastopol Distr., W Sevastopol, Kazatshya Bukhta Kizub leg., 19.vii.2006; 1 f (KUMN) Alushta Distr., Kastel Mt., Licit leg., 16.vi.1908 ; 1 f (ZMUN) Sudak Distr., Novy Svet botanical wildlife preserve, lower course of St. Anastasiya stream, Yunakov leg., 04.vi.2010 ; 21 f (ZMUN) idem, 03.v.2012; 1 f (KUMN) Simferopol Distr., Kesslersky Les, Yunakov leg., 18.vi.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 f (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Solenoozernyi Distr., Zakharenko leg., 23.viii.1985 ; 20 f (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, V. Yu. Gorbunov leg., 13.v.1999 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 f (SIZK) Kyiv, Obolonska kosa Island, pitfall traps, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 31.viii.2011 22.ix.2011 ; 4 f (SIZK) idem, 13.ix.2012; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 f (KUMN) Kamyenka-Dniprovska env., Vodyane 15.vi.1974 .

Biology. Xerothermic forests. Parthenogenetic, Adults occur in IV–IX. Polyphagous.