Tournotaris bimaculata (Fabricius)

Curculio bimaculatus Fabricius, 1787

Records. ČER ČNG DON IFR KHE KHR KYI LUG LWI TER RIV SUM VOL ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 171; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1889: 189; Rybiński 1903b: 145; Penecke 1928: 363; Shapiro 1930: 143; Roubal 1941: 178; Kryshtal 1949: 176; Medvedev 1953b: 1132; Kryshtal 1956: 319; Medvedev 1963: 76; Mazur 2002: 234; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 123; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Nazarenko 2005a: 91; 2007b: 94; 2007d: 232; 2010d: 83; 2012f: 51].

Distribution. Holarctic (Caldara 2011)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 1.5 km E Krasny Lyman, Torskoe env., humid meadow, V. V. Martynov leg., 19.vii.1996 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Yasynuvata, ravine forest, V. V. Martynov leg., 25.iv.1999;

Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets- Zakharzhevski leg.; 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, A.F. Bartenev leg., 13.vi.1987; 1 spec. (KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva, sweeping, Populus & Salix bushland, N. Yunakov leg., 03.vi.2000; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.1997; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) env. Kyiv, Zolotarev leg., vi.1973; 1 spec. (SIZK) Holosiivskyi National Park, riparian biome, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 10.vii.2001; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha, Urochyshche Zhyrnia, A.M. Kravchenko leg., 27.v.1998; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Korostyshiv, A.F. Bartenev leg., 08.vii.1989; 1 spec. (KUMN) Radomyshl, leg., 02.vii.1928;

Biology. Floodplains, swamps. Adults occur in IV–X. On Typhaceae ( Typha latifolia), Poaceae ( Phalaris arundinacea, Glyceria maxima) (Dieckmann 1986)