Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier)

Apion longirostre Olivier, 1807

Records. CRI ČRK DNI DON KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG ODE POL* TER VIN ZAP [Schoenherr 1833: 268; Silantiev 1898: XXV; Shapiro 1930: 144; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 167; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 155; Smreczyński 1965: 31; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 40; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 39; Mazur 2002: 221; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Zhuravlev et al. 2004: 143; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2005b: 59; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 163].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Middle Asia, North Africa; introduced in North America (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zvenigorod Distr., Murzyntsi ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., 20.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1907; 4 spec. (SIZK) Uman, on mallow, 31.v.1923; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 24.iv.1907 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.vi.1907; 2 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kerch peninsula, Novo-Otradnoe, A. Bogachev leg., 30.vi.1956 ; 4 spec. (SIZK) idem, Marfovka, on mallow, Z. Sonova leg., 5, vi.1952 ; 9 spec. (SIZK) Simferopol, Z. Sokova leg., 23.vii.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Berlov leg., 3.viii.1968 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.vi.1969; 1 spec. (ZIN) Çatır Dağ Mt. Range, B. Iljin leg., 25.vii.1911 ; 6 spec. (ZIN) Agarmysh, Jacentkowski leg., vi.1906 ; 6 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Jacentkowski leg., 11.vi.1906 ; 8 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg. ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Krasnolissya, sweeping, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982 ; 6 spec. (ZIN) Saki;

Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Mariupol, Th. Lukjanovitch, 21.viii.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mariupol Distr., Velykoanadolskyi Forest, Silantiev leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bakhmut, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.vi.1924; 1 spec. (SIZK) Khomutovka steppe, A. Bogachev leg., 14.vii.1957; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Botanical Garden, Arnoldi leg., 18.iv.1919 ; Kherson Prov.: 8 spec. (ZIN) Genichesk Distr., Partizany, S. V. Winter leg., 11.vi.1985 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, 14.v.1927; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 6.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 2.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 25.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pristep, Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 17.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 17.vi.1928; Poltava Prov.: 10 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., ix.1923; 6 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926 .

Biology. Meadows, steppes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Malvaceae: Alcea rugosa, Althaea officinalis (Solodovnikova 1963a); Alcea rosea (Shapiro 1930; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Zhuravlev et al. 2004).