Otiorhynchus (Pontotiorhynchus) atronitens Formánek, 1925

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 : 16-18

Otiorhynchus (Pontotiorhynchus) atronitens Formánek ,

1925

Material examined. Crimea: Sevastopol, National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 44.61231°N 33.49185°E, 24.07.2004, 1 ♀ (Kizub); Yalta District, Nikita, 44.513692°N 34.23896°E, 28.09.2004, 1 ♀ (Kizub); Bakhchysarai District , Chufut-Kale, 44.740862°N 33.922858°E, 17.08.2006, 1 ♀ (Tkachenko); Saky District , Trudove, 45.236028°N 33.756827°E, 21– 23.07.2011, 1 ♀ (Khalin) ; Sevastopol, Kozacha Bay , 44.583501°N 33.415021°E, 07– 17.08.2013, 1 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Ukraine: the Crimea ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a, b). Otiorhynchus atronitens is known from Krasnodar Krai of Russia and Ukraine only ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a) and is the Orocrimean subendemic species.

Biology. Otiorhynchus atronitens is a nocturnal, meso-xerophylic, tamno-chortobiotic species inhabiting mountain and lowland mixed, and Mediterranean forests, shrublands, and mountain grasslands ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Polyphagous on arboreal and shrubby vegetation, mainly Cotinus sp. , Crataegus sp. , Juniperus sp. , Prunus sp. , Rosa sp. ( Yunakov, 2003 a, b).