Otiorhynchus (Podoropelmus) fullo (Schrank, 1781)

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 : 16

Otiorhynchus (Podoropelmus) fullo (Schrank, 1781)

Material examined. Donetsk Region: Donetsk, Botanical Garden , 48.003297°N 37.891087°E, 26.05.2010, 1 ♀ (collector unknown) ;

Kharkiv Region: Dokuchaievske env., 49.888475°N 36.455356°E, 07– 13.06.2005, 5 ♀ (Shekhovtsov) ; Kharkiv, Shevchenkivskyi [Dzerzhinsky] District , 50.059635°N 36.232710°E, 18– 21.05.2009, 3 ♀ (Shekhovtsov); idem, 25.05.2009, 9 ♀ (Shekhovtsov & Loboda) ; Kyiv Region: Kyiv, Golosiivo , 50.381091°N 30.520870°E, 09.06.1994, 4 ♀ (Kravchenko) ;

Odesa Region: Balta District, Lisnychivka env., 48.019659°N 29.540097°E, 18.06.2012, 2 ♀ (Kravchenko) .

Distribution. Almost whole territory of Ukraine except of Dnipro, Kherson, Poltava, Sumy, and Zaporizhia Regions ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and West Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).

Biology. Nocturnal, xero-mesophylic, dendro-tamnochortobitic species inhabiting xerothermic bushlands, mixed forests, and fruit plantations ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). The Ukrainian populations of the species are parthenogenetic, bisexual form of O. fullo is known from the Balkan Peninsula ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Polyphagous, phillophagous species feeding on Acer platanoides, Armeniaca sp., Crataegus sp. , Betula sp. , Malus sp. , Quercus robur , Sorbus sp. , Spirea sp. , Prunus sp. , Pyracantha coccinea , Pyrus sp. , Rosa canina , Rubus sp. , Ulmus sp. , Veronica sp. ( Yunakov, 2003 b). It has been reported that beetles could damage fruit trees, grapes, Rubus idaeus , and Rosa sp. ( Arnoldi et al., 1974; Yunakov, 2003 b).