Metapion oculare (Gyllenhal)

Apion oculare Gyllenhal, 1833

Apion breiti Wagner, 1910

Records. CRI MYK [Wagner 1910b: 944; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Wanat 1992: 53; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2010e: 39; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 163].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kirichenko leg., 29.v.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.vi.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Melek, K. Arnoldi leg., 15.v.1948 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Saly, Mokry Indol River, K. Arnoldi leg., 15.v.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Ak-Kaya, Belogorka, K. Arnoldi leg., 23.vii.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stary Krym env., Zolotoye Pole, I. Maltsev leg., 1.vi.1952 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kuibyshevo, Belbek River, B.A. Korotyaev leg., 6.v.1990 ;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Voznesensk, rice research station; 3 spec. (ZIN) Komarovka, Izrailevich leg., 4.ix.1988 .

Biology. Dry slopes, stony steppes. Adults occur in V–IX. On Ruta graveolens (Rutaceae) (Wanat 1992).