Ethelcus denticulatus (Schrank)

Curculio denticulatus Schrank, 1781

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHE KHM LWI MYK* RIV TER VIN VOL [Schoenherr 1837: 541; Kryzhanovskaya 1967: 65; Mazur 2002: 229].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north), Caucasus, Asia Minor, Syria, Iran (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1f (ZMUN) Çatir Dağ Mt.Range, Eklizi-Burun Mt., 44, 737417°N 34, 287528°E, 1522m, montane steppe, N. Yunakov leg., 27.v.2010 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) Karabi-Yaila Mt.Range, near Egiz-Tenakh Lake, 44°52'23" N 34°34'29" E, 1000m, N. Yunakov leg., 28.iv.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Bakhchisarai, near Tankove, Belbek River bank, A. Drogvalenko leg., 1.v.1999 ; 2 spec., (ZIN) Bakhchisarai Distr., Belbek, W. Pliginsky leg., 3.vi.1903 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 14.iii.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bilohirsk, Chumak leg., 6.ix.1967 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, Jakovlev leg., 25.iii.1902 ; 19 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15.iii.1907; 1 spec., (KUMN) Sevastopol, 10.ii.1900; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, V. Kizericki leg., 19.iv.1920; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, V. Kizericki leg., 12.xii.1920; 1 spec., (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Bordak, Pavlovskij leg., 7.vi.1917 ; 8sp. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Sabli, 44, 833333°N 34, 088889°E, A.N. Kiritshenko leg., 1.v.1907 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 3.v.1929 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 7.vi.1908; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation) Mykolaiv, N47.041586, E32.098274, R. Stepoviy leg., 7.iii.2016 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in I–XII. On Papaveraceae: Papaver rhoeans, P. somniferum .