Otiorhynchus (Pontotiorhynchus) asphaltinus Germar, 1824

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 (Pontotiorhynchus) asphaltinus Germar, 1824

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=creticola Arnoldi, 1964

Material examined. Crimea: Sevastopol, National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos , 44.612311°N 33.491855°E, 24.07.2004, 2 ♂ (Kizub) ; Kyiv Region: Kyiv, Shuliavka , 50.45986652°N 30.43650722°E, 13.07.2015, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 19.09.2017, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 26.10.2017, 1 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Ukriane: Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Luhansk Regions ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Nazarenko & Sheshurak, 2003; Yunakov & Drogvalenko, 2013; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Introduced in Kyiv Region ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Europe: Moldova ( Yunakov, 2003 a), central and southern European part of Russia ( Yunakov, 2003 a; Shkuratov, 2004; Prisyazhnyuk, 2004; Tsupikov, 2009; Komarov, 2010; Negrobov, 2011; Panteleeva & Sobolev, 2012; Korotyaev & Zabaluev, 2014; Arzanov, 2015; Batishcheva & Negrobov, 2017; Brekhov, 2018), and Ukraine ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Introduced in North of European Russia (St.- Petersburg) ( Korotyaev et al., 2018).

Otiorhynchus asphaltinus has been included in The Red List of Kharkiv Region of Ukraine as a rare species on the border of its range ( Yunakov and Drogvalenko, 2013) and has also been listed in The Red Lists of Belgorod, Lipetsk, and Voronezh Regions of Russia ( Prisyazhnyuk, 2004; Tsupikov, 2009; Negrobov, 2011).

Biology. Nocturnal, xero-mesophylic, tamno-chortobiotic species inhabiting mountain deciduous and Mediterranean forests, as well as bushlands on limestone and chalk in the wood-and-steppe and steppe ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Polyphagous species feeding on Acer tataricum , Alchemilla sp. , Betula sp. , Crataegus sp. , Fragaria sp. , Juniperus sabina , M. pumila , Potentilla sp. , Prunus avium , P. dulcis , P. elaeagrifolia , Rosa sp. , Sorbus aucuparia , Syringa josikaea , S. vulgaris , and Ulmus sp. ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Dudnyk, 2011; Korotyaev et al., 2018; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). The species could damage fruit trees and Crataegus sp. in the Crimea ( Yunakov, 2003 b) and by mistake for a long time was treated as a serious pest of vineyards ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Dudnyk, 2011; Yunakov & Drogvalenko, 2013).