Cyphocleonus achates (Fåhraeus)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 370

Cyphocleonus achates (Fåhraeus)

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Cleonus achates Fåhraeus, 1842

Records. CRI* ČNG DNI* DON POL KHA KHE KHR* LUG SUM ZAP* [ Lukjanovitch 1928: 249; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Medvedev 1950a: 38; 1957: 13; Volovnik 1989: 89].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) North America (introduced) ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 45 specimens ( SIZK, KUMN, NSPU, PIN, IMC, YKC) from 9 provinces were studied. Crimea : 1 spec. ( IMC) Evpatoria , I. Maltsev leg., 27.viii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Saky , sands near sea, A. Bogachev leg., 18.viii.1951 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Chornomorske Distr., Tarkhankut Peninsula, Olenivka , I. Maltsev leg., 21.viii.1951 ; 1 spec. ( PIN) Feodosia , S. Chetverikov leg., 6.ix.1913 ; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Pyatikhatki ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv, Osnova , V. P. Zolotaryov & V. A. Proskurin leg., 28.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Zmiiv , sands, 13.v.1948 ; 1 spec. ( PIN) Barvinkovo Distr. , Velyka Kamyshevakha, N. Kalugina leg., 27.viii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zelenino , 30.vii.1947 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Krasnokutsk Distr., Murafa , pine forest, 4.viii.1966 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Zmiiv, Biological Station , sands, 13.vii.1947 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve , L. Zelinskaya leg., 9.vii.1987 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Odnosum leg., 4.vii.1976 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 3 spec. ( SIZK) Yakymivka Distr. , Kyrylivska Spit, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.vii.1980 ; 3 spec. ( SIZK) Prymorsk Distr. , Obytochnaya Spit, S. V. Volovnik leg., on Centaurea arenaria , 26.viii.1982 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Pryazovske Distr. , Oleksandrivska Spit, 21.vii.1977 .

Biology. Sandy habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. Oligophagous on Centaurea spp. ( Asteraceae ). Larva develops in root gall. ( Volovnik 1989; Stinson et al. 1994; Stejskal 2005).