Sibinia (Sibinia) primita (Herbst)

Curculio primitus Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI* ČRK* IFR KHE* KHM KYI* LWI POL* RIV TER VIN ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 216; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Mazur 2002: 239; Caldara 2004a; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Nazarenko 2010a: 704].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Middle Asia, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Domantovo, V. Kizeritsky leg., 25.iii.1918 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Staryi Krym Kirichenko leg., 8.vii.1905; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, L.A. Zelinskaya leg., 20.vii.1983 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 21.v.1923; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 28.iv.1924 .

Biology. Salt marshes, sands. Adults occur in III–VII. On Spergularia maritima, S. rubra (Caryophyllaceae) (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988).