Pseudapion rufirostre (Fabricius)

Curculio rufirostre Fabricius, 1775

Records. CRI ČER KHE KHM KHR KYI MYK POL TER VIN ZAP [Lindemann 1871: 314; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Penecke 1928: 381; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 8; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Solodovnikova 1986: 68; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 221; Nazarenko 2010a: 704].

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

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Roman-Kosh, 1300 m, Lukjanovitch leg., 16.vi.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, Artek, Arnoldi leg., 19.iv.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Nikita, Arnoldi leg., 26.ix.1964 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Massandra, Arnoldi leg., 30.iv.–2.v.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Yu. Wagner leg.; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Novy Port, oak forest, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 17.iv.1989 ; 5 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Davidian leg., 11.v.1990 ; 24 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’, Yakovlev leg.; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 2.v.1927 .

Biology. Meadows in forests, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Malvaceae: Malva pusilla (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965].; M. sylvestris (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis, Lavatera thuringiaca (Solodovnikova 1963a); M. neglecta (Dieckmann 1977) .