Protapion trifolii (Linnaeus)

Curculio trifolii Linnaeus, 1768

Apion aestivum Germar, 1817

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE POL* RIV SUM TER VIN ZAK ŽIT [Schoenherr 1833: 279; Nowicki 1864: 33; Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Lindemann 1871: 197; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 56; Iljin 1926: 228; Penecke 1928: 381; Shapiro 1930: 144; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Tveritina 1953: 63; Sobol 1954: 316; Fasulati & Sikura, 1956: 73; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Tveritina 1959: 182; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 112; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 337; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Solodovnikova & Talicky 1972: 789; Petrukha et al. 1988: 139; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 266; Mazur 2002: 221; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2005b: 59; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 40; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 175; Nazarenko 2012g: 51].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Netrius River, near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1937 ;

Ivano-Frankivsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kolomyja, Zaslavsky leg., 20.v.1958; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Spasov Skit, Iljin leg., 14.vi.1914 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 1.vi.1916 ; 10 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1916; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1916; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem; 2 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1939; 2 spec. (ZIN) Krasnograd, Th. Lukjanovich, 23.v.1925; 23 spec. (ZIN) Derhachi, Iljin leg., 28.vii.1913;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 9.vii.1909; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.iv.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bahovitsa, Sainog leg., 14.vi.1896; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 19.vi.1896; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1896; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10– 15.vii.1896; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, D. Ogloblin leg.; Poltava Prov.: 4 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 3.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.v.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 6.viii.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyryatyn, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 24.vii.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.vii.1925;

Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.vi.1929; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Verkhivka, A. Chekini leg., 25–26.v.1901; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.vi.1901; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.vi.1901; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mizhhiria Distr., Kiryakova leg., VII–VIII.1958 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Beregovo Distr., Velyka Bakta, A. Koval leg., vi.1974; Zhytomyr Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.vi.1897; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.vi.1897; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1897; 10 spec. (SIZK) Ruzhyn, Trifolium, sweeping, V. M. Stovbchatyi leg., 24.vi.2004 .

Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Trifolium repens (Hoffmann 1958); T. medium (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. ochroleucon, T. pratense, T. rubens (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. montanum, Medicago falcata (Solodovnikova 1963a); T. alpestre (Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c).