Sitona macularius (Marsham)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 334

Sitona macularius (Marsham)

Curculio macularius Marsham, 1802

Curculio crinitus Herbst, 1795 [HN].

Records. CRI* ČER ČNGČRK DON DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [ Miller 1868: 25; Lindeman 1871: 192; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 280 ( S. crinitus ); Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Nazarenko et al., 1998: 119; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 37; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko 2009c: 43; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Palaearctic.

Material examined. 102 specimens ( KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN, SIZK) including: Crimea : 1 spec. ( ZMUN) 9 km ESE Perevalne, upper course of Burulça River , near peak 978 m, N. Yunakov leg., 24.vi.2002 ; 2 spec. ( ZMUN) 3 km NW Heneralske [Ulu Özen], Tyrke Mt.Range, E slope of Stol-Gora Mt. , N. Yunakov leg., 27.vi.2002 ; 7 spec. ( ZMUN) 8 km ESE Perevalne, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Malaya Burulça River sources, N. Yunakov leg., 25.vi.2002 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUN) idem, 21.vi.2002 ; 2 spec. ( ZMUN) idem, 19.vi.2002 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUN) Çatır Dağ Mt.Range , S slope, N. Yunakov leg., 27.v.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. ( SVC) Chernomorsky Nature Reserve , pasture, L. Zelinskayaleg., 9.vi.1987 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Novoarkhanhelsk, Pokotylove, Yatran River , meadow, N.S. Evtukh leg.; Zaporizhia Prov. : 1 spec. ( SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Radyvonivka , alfalfa field, E.I. Patsenker leg., 17.vii.1988

Biology. Meadows in forests, grasslands. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Fabaceae , mostly Vicia spp.