Ceratapion (Ceratapion) gibbirostre (Gyllenhal)

Curculio cyaneus DeGeer, 1775 [HN]

Apion gibbirostre Gyllenhal, 1813

Apion carduorum: auct. [MI] not Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KHR* LUG LWI ODE POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Schoenherr 1839: 385; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 230; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991: 507; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Wanat 1995: 280; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 155].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 25.iii.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawliwski leg., 13.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bodrak, Simferopol env., Pawlowski leg., v.1911 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Mshatka, K. Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1948 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 2.vi.1916 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Vovchansk, V.N. Rodzyanko leg., 21.viii.1896 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 8.viii.1908; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1911; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Starobelski uchastok, Silantjev leg., 20.viii.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.viii.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 18.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.viii.1929; 9 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.ix.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 29.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.ix.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.viii.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.viii.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Belovodsk, G.E. Davidian leg., 7.viii.1989; 3 spec. (ZIN) Streleckaya Steppe, G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Khadzhider Lyman, N45.878056, E29.981389, D. Znoiko leg., 26.vi.1927; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 21.ix.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.ix.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.ix.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in IV–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae: Carduus acanthoides (Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Cynara scolymus (Dieckmann 1977); Carduus crispus, C. nutans, C. pycnocephalus, Centaurea diffusa, C. jacea, C. solstitialis, Cirsium arvense, C. vulgare, Picnomon acarna, Silybum marianum (Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995).