Coniatus (Bagoides) splendidulus (Fabricius)

Curculio splendidulus Fabricius, 1781

Records. CRI ČER IFR KYI LWI ODE ZAP* [Lindeman 1871: 313; Kulikowski 1897: 201 (repandus); Łomnicki 1904: 369; 1913: 139; Globova 1958: 165 (repandatus); Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; Nazarenko et al. 1998b: 119; Nazarenko et al. 1999: 532; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 48; Mazur 2002: 227; Skuhrovec 2013: 426; Nazarenko 2014a: 346].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa, Middle Asia) (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kryvchytsi, Lomnicki leg., 31.v .; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Vylkove, floodland Danube, meadow middle level, Kotomenko leg., 17.vi.1966; 4 spec. (SIZK) Odesa, Lenin Park [= Park Pobedy], on Tamarix, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., viii.1993 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) mature larvae, Central Botanical Garden, on Tamarix ramosissima, 50°24´41.3˝ N, 30°33´38.3˝ E, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 1.viii.2005 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 4 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, on Tamarix, E.I. Patsenker leg., 26.vi.1988 .

Biology. Sandy habitats, littoral zone, shrublands, parks. Adults occur in VI–X. On Tamaricaceae: Tamarix spp., Myricaria germanica (Łomnicki 1904: 369; Smreczyński 1968; Mazur 2002 and original data)

Notes. C. splendidulus was occasionally introduced to Kyiv ..