Otiorhynchus (Namertanus) pseudomias Hochhuth, 1847

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 : 14

Otiorhynchus (Namertanus) pseudomias Hochhuth, 1847

Material examined. Crimea: Bakhchisarai District, Demerdjy Yaila, Pakkal-Kaja Mt. , h = 1000 m., 44.76666° N 34.41666° E, 25– 26.07.2011, 1 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Ukraine: Crimea ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a, b). Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, southern European territory of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the Northeastern Turkey ( Davidian & Savitsky, 2006).

Biology. Parthenogenetic, mesophilic geobiotic species inhabiting mountain deciduous forests in leaf litter and under stones ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Davidian & Savitsky, 2006; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). The species is a polyphagous, dendrito-phyllophagous feeding on rotting plant remains, living parts of herbaceous plants and mushrooms ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a).