Dryophthorus corticalis (Paykull)

Curculio corticalis Paykull, 1792

Curculio lymexylon Fabricius, 1792

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHE KYI LWI RIV TER ŽIT [Miller 1868: 27; Nowicki 1873: 38; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 195; Lindeman 1871: 201; Rybiński 1903b: 146; Mazur 2002: 229; Nazarenko 2008b: 143; 2009b: 499; Nazarov & Sheshurak 2009: 46; Nazarenko 2012c: 150; 2012d: 190; 2012f: 51].

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (Lyal 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 5 spec. (KUMN) S slope of Yaltinskaya Yaila Mt. Range, upper course of Bal- Alma River, Pinus pallasiana forest, N. Yunakov leg., 07.vi.2001 ; 12 spec. (KUMN) S slope of Ai-Petrinskaya Yaila Mt. Range, Yaltinskyi Nature Reserve, Uchan-Su waterfall, mixed forest, in rotting pine, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 08.v.1999; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.2000; Ivano-Frankivsk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Nadvirna Povit, on the road between Dilok and Yamne, V. M. Lazorko leg., 25.vi.1939 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Hola Prystan Distr., Bilogrudy Island, V. Yu. Gorbunov leg., 02.v.1999 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Hola Prystan env., Kardashinskoe swamp, S. Medvedev leg., 07.vi.1951; Kyiv Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Gidropark, pine log, reared, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 24.v.2007 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, in pine log, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.viii.2007;

Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Bilske Forestry, Bilsk, q. 34-17, old logging plot, Urochyshche Syra Pogonja, swamp, under pine bark, A.A. Petrenko leg., 12.vi.2008 ; 15 spec. (SIZK) idem, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2008 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in V–VI. Under bark and in rotting wood of coniferous and deciduous trees (Smreczyński 1972).