Lixus (Ortholixus) vilis (Rossi)

Curculio vilis Rossi, 1790

Lixus orbitalis Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI KHR* KHM KYI LWI ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 31, 1886: 206; Shishkin 1914: 48; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Roubal 1941: 164; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (SIZK) Belbek near Makenzievy Mts, Goncharenko leg., 20.v.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Pryvilne [= Taushan Bazar], Grigoriev leg., 7.vii.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, 7.vii.1931; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Jalman River, G. Kahovskyi leg., 20.ix.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yevpatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 7.vii.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.02; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Ribakov leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Saky Distr., Natashyne, Ye. Kuznetsov leg., 18.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish Mount, 18.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN), idem, 11.v.1906; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol, I. Maltsev leg., 1.iv.1951 ; 2 spec. (IMC) idem, I. Maltsev leg., 12.v.1951; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol, 3.vii.1922; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, I. Maltsev leg., 28.vii.1953 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Alushta, I. Maltsev leg., 30.iv.1954 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Chorna River, I. Maltsev leg., 1.vii.1951 ; 1 spec. (IMC) idem, 3.vii.1967; 1 spec. (IMC) Ai-Petri Yaila Mt. Range, I. Maltsev leg., 29.viii.1953 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Kujbyshevo, I. Maltsev leg., 14.v.1951 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Krasnokutsk Distr., Parkhomovsky Forest, 6.vi.1959 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Bartenev leg., 11.vi.1971 .

Biology. Grasslands. Beetles occure in V–IX. On Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae) (Stejskal 2014).