Protapion ononidis (Gyllenhal)

Apion ononidis Gyllenhal, 1827

Apion ononicola Bach, 1854

Records. ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR LUG* LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK* [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Łomnicki 1904: 370; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 381; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1970: 80; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Solodovnikova 1986: 68; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2010a: 704; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 174].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bagovytsya Sainog leg., 15.vi.1896 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.vi.1921; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, Lazeschina River, 800 m, Zaslavsky leg., 15.v.1958 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, meadow, 600 m, Zaslavsky leg., 18.v.1958 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sandy habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Ononis spinosa hircina (Penecke 1928; Khrolinsky 1965; Dieckmann 1977); O. spinosa spinosa (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); O. spinosa procurrens (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977).