Smicronyx jungermanniae (Reich)

Curculio jungermanniae Reich, 1797

Micronyx cicus Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. CRI* ČER DON* IFR KHM KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Łomnicki 1874: 17; 1884: 31; 1886: 212; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 145; Łomnicki 1905: 74; Penecke 1928: 364; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956: 137; 1962: 40; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Kravchenko 2010: 61; Nazarenko 2012f: 54].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Çatir Dağ Mt.Range, Eklisi-Burun Mt., 10 km W of Angarsky Pass, 44.737417°N 34.287528°E, 1527m, montane steppe, A. Drogvalenko leg., 13.v.2000 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Çatir Dağ Mt.Range, Kutuzovskoye Lake env., 44.739694°N 34.335444°E, 843 m, meadow in mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 25.v.2010 ; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Bakhchisarai Distr., 5 km ESE of Sokolinoye, Bolshoi Canyon Nature Reserve, summit of Sotira Mt., 44.546113°N 34.020278°E, 1100 m, K. Makarov leg. 3.v.2015 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Bakhchisarai Distr., 5 km W of Sokolinoye, Bogatoye Ushchelie, 44°33'35" N 33°52'7" E, 350m, secondary vegetation, B. Loboda leg., 17 IX 2011; 1f (ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., 13 km SSE of Simferopol, Krasnolissya env., 44.820861°N 34.219083°E, 527m, meadow in mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 14.vi.2010 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Simferopol Distr., Kesslersky Les, 44.907861°N 34.189639°E, 443m, meadow in mixed forest, N. Yunakov leg., 18.vi.2010 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Grabova Balka, glade on S slope, primery steppe, S. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953; 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NW of Volodarske, SW part of Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve, Babicheva leg., 02.vi.1972 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove, KhomutovskyStep Nature Reserve, plateau, watershed, S. Medvedev leg., 28.viii.1948 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Lysa Hora, meadows, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 29.vii.2000; Odesa Prov.: 3 spec. (SIZK) env. Vylkove, Ptichja Balka, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 27.viii.2010; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., env. of Putemets, garden, A. V. Kravchenko leg., 12.vi.2005 .

Biology. Meadows, forests, sandy habitats, bushlands. Beetle occur in I–X. On Cuscuta spp. ( Convolvulaceae) (Dieckmann 1986; Tempère & Péricart 1989; Mazur 2002)