Ceratapion (Echinostroma) penetrans penetrans (Germar)

Apion penetrans Germar, 1817

Apion ovipenne Hochhuth, 1851

Records. CRI ČER DNI DON* IFR KHE* KHM KHR* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE TER VIN ZAK ZAP [Hochhuth 1851: 11; Lindemann 1871: 295; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Wagner 1910a: 46; Iljin 1926: 228; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991: 517; Wanat 1995: 256; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2010a: 703; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011: 156].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) ‘Tauria’; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Bodrak, Pawlowski leg., 17.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka], near Stary Krym, K. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mariupol, Th.Lukjanovitsch, 21.viii.1925; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Izyum Distr., Zakomelskaya railway station, Arnoldi leg., 28.vi.1939; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbka, Panskie Tovtry slope, A.G. Kirejtschuk leg., 6.vi.1976; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Korsunskij Monastery, cursus in fl. Dnjepr. S.Medvedev, 13.viii.1930; 1 spec. (ZIN) lower course of Dnieper River, Burkutskie Plavni, sands, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1930; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Talicky leg., 23.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Veselaya, Talicky leg., 2.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 29.viii.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Belovodsk, G.E. Davidian leg., 7.viii.1989; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, G.E. Davidian leg., 11.viii.1989; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.viii.1990; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yunytskyi Narure Preserve G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bolgrad, road side, A. Poiras leg., 14.vi.1990; 1 spec. (ZIN) Voznesenskaya agricultural research station, 16.vii.1927; 3 spec. (SIZK) Kyliia Distr., Prymorske env., Eleagnus and Hippophaë sparse growth, sweeping, V.M. Ermolenko leg., 4.ix.1997; Zakarpatska Prov.: 5 spec. (ZIN) Beregove Distr., Velyka Bakta, A. Koval leg., 4.ix.1976.

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–XI. On Asteraceae: Cirsium arvense (Penecke 1932); Centaurea cyanus, C. jacea (Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Carduus acanthoides, Carlina vulgaris (Khrolinsky 1965; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Centaurea stoebe (Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Arctium lappa, Carthamus tinctorius, Centaurea diffusa, C. scabiosa (Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); C. pseudomaculosa (Isayev 2007); C. phrygia salicifolia (Korotyaev & Arzanov 2010a) .