Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) brunneus Gyillenhal, 1834

Kizub, I. V. & Slutsky, A. I., 2018, Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Genus Otiorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Of Ukraine. Part 1, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 9 (1), pp. 9-20 : 10

publication ID	2078–9653
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033455
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scientific name	Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) brunneus Gyillenhal, 1834
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Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) brunneus Gyillenhal, 1834 View in CoL

Material examined. Crimea: Sevastopol, National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos , 44.61231°N 33.49185°E, 24.07.2004, 2 ♀ (Kizub) GoogleMaps ; Sevastopol, Kozacha Bay , 44.583501°N 33.415021°E, 6– 19.07.2006, 6 ♀ (Kizub) GoogleMaps ; idem, 3– 15.08.2008, 1 ♀ (Kizub) GoogleMaps ; Kyiv Region: Sofiivska Borschagivka , 50.41424°N 30.36681°E, 10.04.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Ukraine: the Crimea, Donetsk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhia Regions ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Almost whole Europe, Southwestern Asia, Middle East, and Kyrgyzstan ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).

Biology. Parthenogenetic, xerophilic species inhabiting steppes ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). The species is a polyphagous and feeds on plants of the family Poaceae , Potentilla sp. , and Carduus sp. ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a).

Taxonomic notes. Otiorhynchus brunneus by some authors is also regarded as belonging to the subgenus Arammichnus ( Białooki & Germann, 2016) .