Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) tenue (Kirby)

Apion tenue Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHE* KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI MYK ODE POL* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Iljin 1926: 228; Penecke 1928: 383; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Sobol 1954: 316; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 115; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 338; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; 1970: 81; Petrukha et al. 1988: 144; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 266; Mazur 2002: 222; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2005b: 60; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 40; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 171; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 17].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernivtsi, A. Poiras leg., 17.viii.1991; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Turetsky Val, NW of Armyansk, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 29.v.1974 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zakommmelskaya, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.vii.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Banne, Siverskyi Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 14.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 15.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.vi.1937; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Tsuryupinsk Distr., Vinogradovo, N.N. Kovtun leg., 5.v.1981; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Malyshev leg., 27.vii.1911 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Likhosherstov leg., 12.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 17.vi.1931; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.vi.1929; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Talicky leg., 12.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.vii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Boronskaya, near Luhansk, Talicky leg., 31.v.1929; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Reni, A. Poiras leg., 17.vii.1990; 1 spec. (ZIN) Vladychenj, A. Poiras leg., 10.vii.1990; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 7.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 24.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.iv.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1927; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kremenets distr, Strakhova Mt., A. Kirejtshuk leg., 10.vi.1976 .

Biology. Forest edge, meadows, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Melilotus altissimus (Hoffmann 1958); Ononis spinosa (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Trifolium pratense (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965); M. officinalis (Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965); Medicago sativa (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); Securigera varia, T. montanum, Vicia villosa (Solodovnikova 1963a); Medicago falcata (Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); M. lupulina (Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c).