Sphenophorus abbreviatus (Fabricius)

Curculio abbreviatus Fabricius, 1787

Records. CRI ČER DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KYI LWI MYK ODE TER VIN ZAK ZAP* [Nowicki 1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38; 1873: 37; Łomnicki 1884: 34; 1886: 228; Cherkunov 1889: 194; Hildt 1893: 220; Kulikowski 1897: 206; Rybiński 1903b: 150; Łomnicki 1905: 79; Znojko 1929: 78; Pyatakova 1930: 317; Andrejev 1940: 360; Roubal 1941: 211; Globova 1958: 165; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; 1998b: 119; 1999: 532; Mazur 2002: 240; Sinjugina & Lapin 2002: 133; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding North Africa, Asia Minor and Middle East) (Lyal 2011)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) ‘ Tauria’, 1 spec. (SIZK) Karadag, Kistjakovsky leg., 21.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Saki, Fedorov leg., 14.vii.1926 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Novoazovsk, Martynov leg., 10.v.1999 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) env. Yalta, Belosaraiska Spit, pitfall trap, V. V. Martynov leg., 18.vi.1999 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (BSBR) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Potievka Division, M.I. Nitochko leg., 22.vi.–2.vii.2008 ;

Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Odesa env., Ruchkin leg., 14.viii.1997; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Tiligul Landscape Park, bank of Tsareha River, pitfall traps, R. V. Babko & M.B. Kirichenko leg., 4–5.v.2010 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Melitopol, agricultural research station of State Pedagogical University, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.v.1989 .

Biology. Floodplains, salty marshes. Adults occur in V–VIII. In roots of Juncaceae (Arnoldi 1965) .

Notes. Probably misidentification by Nowicki (1858: 16; 1864: 38; 1865: 38) and some other authors of lists from central and north regions. Mazur & Kuśka (1994) pointed out that it is widespread in NW Ukraine, however, examination of the bulk material suggests these data refer to widely distributed S. striatopunctatus rather than S. abbreviatus .