Eutrichapion (Phalacrolobus) melancholicum (Wencker)

Apion melancholicum Wencker, 1864

Records. CRI* ČER ČRK KYI [Penecke 1928: 383; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Khrolinsky 1965: 115; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 229; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 166; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, West Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Toply, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932 .

Biology. Meadows. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Lathyrus vernus (Penecke 1928); L. latifolius, L. pratensis, L. sylvestris (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); L. tuberosus (Dieckmann 1977) .