Platystomos albinus (Linnaeus)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 25

Platystomos albinus (Linnaeus)

Curculio albinus Linnaeus, 1758

Anthribus albinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Records. CRI DON* KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG POL* TER* ZAK [ Krynicki 1832: 143; Belke 1859a: 52; Belke 1859b: 74; Lindeman 1871: 201; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Jacentkowski 1906: 29; Roubal 1941: 101; Ter-Minasian 1974a: 208; Kubisz et al. 1998: 263; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51].

Distribution. Palaearctic ( Tryzna & Valentine 2011)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Belbek, Kizeritsky, V–VII.1922; 1 m ( ZMUN) Yaltinsky Nature Reserve. , Utsh-Kosh gorge, 44°32'8" N 34°10'45" E, mixed forest, N.M. Kovblyuk leg., 11.iii.–20.ix.2008 . 5 spec. ( ZIN) Bilohirsk Distr., Kubalaç Mt. Range, Aülu-Kaya Mt. , 45.044972°N 34.806778°E, 579m, mixed forest, R. Filimonov leg., 16.v.2012 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Sudak Distr., Orta-Sirt Mt. Range, Lalel-Oba Mt. , watershed of Ai-Serez and Suuk-Su Rivers , 44°56'2" N 34°52'7" E, 742m, R. Filimonov leg., 10. V.2012; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Donetsk, Putilovsky Les , Yu. Guglya leg., 23.iv.2014 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovich leg., 17.v.1927 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kremenets, Besser leg., 1827 .

Biology. Mixed and deciduous forests. Adults occur in III–IX. On dry and rotting twigs of deciduous trees ( Frieser 1981)