Lixus (Dilixellus) bardanae (Fabricius)

Curculio bardanae Fabricius, 1787

Curculio cylindrus Herbst, 1783 [NO].

Lixus irresectus Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK* DNI* KHE* KHR KHM KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL SUM TER VOL* ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 36; Hummel 1827: 42; Krynicki 1832: 153; Lindeman 1871: 94; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1928: 358; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Shapiro 1930: 142; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Globova 1958: 165; Medvedev 1963: 78; Schneider et al. 1985: 227; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 231; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Nazarenko 2010d: 87; Kravets 2016: 124].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Ghahari & Arzanov 2012; Silfverberg 2011; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 105 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, ZMUM, IMC) from 18 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZMUK) Kaniv, Reserve, Zarichchya Island, on Rumex, 11.vi.1949 ; 1 spec. (ZMUK) idem, on Rumex haplorhizus, 20.vi.1958 ; 1 spec. (ZMUK) Zarichchya Island, Globova leg., 5.v.1947 ;

Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 31426), Pavlohrad, 48.489637, 35.944774, observed by B. Loboda, 4.v.2008; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. (KUMN) environs of Tsiurupynsk, M. Sheygas leg., 10.v.1996; 6 spec. (SIZK) Bylozerka Bilozerka Distr., Olexandrivka, Lyman coast, on Rumex crispus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 22.v.1982 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Burkuty, 31.v.1951; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Kherson, A.N. Romanov leg., 24– 30.vi.1934; 1 spec. (SIZK) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, Solodovnikova leg., 24.v.1966 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, 25.vi.1965; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUK) Znamyanka Distr., Chorny Forest, bottom of gully, 23.vi.1955; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Pervomaysk Distr., Kuripchino, M. Nesterov leg., 28.v.1980; 1 m, 1 f (SIZK) Pervomaysk Distr., Chausove, on Rumex acetosa, left bank of Yuzhny Buh, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.iv.1983 ; Volyn Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Lokachy Distr., Markovychy, Olsufyev leg., A. Yakovlev collection; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, S. V. Volovnik, vi.1977 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Proschiga leg., 25.v.1927 .

Biology. Wetlands. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Rumex spp. ( Polygonaceae) (Urban 1914; Fremuth 1983; Dieckman 1983; Gültekin et al. 2004; Dedyukhin 2012).