Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 14-15

Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. Chernihiv Region: Ichnia , 50.84503°N 32.34780°E, 08.2003, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 21– 26.08.2011, 2 ♀ (Kizub) ; Chernivtsi Region: Kuty — Kniazhe, Cheremosh river bank, 48.35025°N 25.29476°E, 02.05.2006, 1 ♀ (Kizub) . Kyiv Region: Kyiv, city centre, 50.44036 30.52958, 09.04.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub) ; Kyiv, Shuliavka , 50.45727°N 30.44048°E, 06.10.2008, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 20.05.2009, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 02– 04.06.2015, 1 ♀ (Kizub); Sofiivska Borshchahivka, 50.41424°N 30.36681°E, 24.04.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub); idem, 25.06.2005, 1 ♀ (Kizub); Nova Buda, Spartak railway station environs, 50.68001°N 29.72647°E, 24.04.2010, 1 ♀ (Kizub) .

Distribution. Almost whole territory of Ukraine except of Kherson and Mykolaiv Regions ( Yunakov,

2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a). Almost whole Europe,

Azerbaijan, Central Asia, and Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017). Introduced in Canada ( Warner & Negley,

1976; McNamara, 1991; Webster, 2016), the USA ( Warner

& Negley, 1976; O’Brien & Wibmer, 1982), and New

Zealand ( Yunakov et al., 2018 a).

Biology. Polytopic, mesophylic, parthenogenetic species ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a).

Polyphagous, chortobiotic species feeding mainly on plants of the family Rosacea ( Yunakov, 2003 b; Yunakov et al., 2018 a) and has been recorded on Salix sp. , Rosa

sp., Fragaria vesca , and Sonchus arvensis ( Yunakov et al., 2018 b) . Otiorhynchus ovatus could damage fruit and coniferous trees, grapes, Fragaria sp. , and Rubus sp.

( Yunakov, 2003 b; Abdullagatova, 2009; Yunakov et al.,

2018 a).

Taxonomic notes. Except for the nominative one, the subspecies glacialis Apfelbeck, 1898 has been described from the Balkan Peninsula ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017).