Asproparthenis foveocollis (Gebler)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 364

Asproparthenis foveocollis (Gebler)

Bothynoderes foveocollis Gebler, 1834

Records. CRI* ČRK ČNG DNI DON KHR KYI LWI LUG* ODE POL RIV VIN, ZAP*, [ Chernay 1854: 242; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248, 1958: 113, 114; Shapiro 1930: 141; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Kryshtal 1956: 317; Globova 1958: 164; Britskyi 1959: 5; Melnik 1971: 8; Barsov et al. 1998: 150].

Distribution. Central Palaearctic ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Distr., Sidorivka, Shmigovskyi leg., 20.v.1924 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Kaniv Nature Reserve, Globova leg., 22.ix.1947 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Varva Distr., Antonivka, Lukjanovitch leg., 13.v.1923 ; Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sivash, Retowski, in copula, 29.v.1892 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv, S.I. Medvedev leg., 16.vi.1924 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Merefa, S.I. Medvedev leg., 11.v.1924 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Zmiiv, 29.vi.1972 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zmiiv, W. Karawaev leg., 15– 28.vi.1929 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Chuhuiv, Dachi platform, A. Drogvalenko leg., 14.vii.2003 ; Kyiv Prov.: Kyiv, A.Yakovlev; 1 spec. ( IMC) Kyiv, Maltsev leg., vii.1939 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Starobelski Uyezd, Silantiev leg., A.Yakovlev; 1 spec. ( SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, 12.iv.2009 ; 1 spec. ( SKC) idem, S. V. Konovalov leg., 20.vii.2013 ; 1 spec. ( SKC) idem, S. V. Konovalov leg., 24.iv.2013 ; Odesa Prov.: 1spec. ( ZIN) Kiliya, Chernavin leg., 18.v.1911 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Shishaky Distr., Yareski, Fabri leg., 1.vii.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 29.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Nyzhni Mlyny near Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitch leg., 10.viii.1922 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitch leg., 26.viii.1922 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Poltava, 1.vi; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SSC) Melitopol, S.I. Suchkov leg., 12.v.1999 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir forest, S.I. Suchkov leg., 8.vi.1999 ; 1 spec. ( YKC) Yakymivka Distr., Radyvonivka, Tashchenak River, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 5.vi.2011 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) Pryazovye Distr., Stepanovskaya Spit, S.I. Suchkov, 23.v.1999 ; 1 spec. ( YKC) Melitopol, forest park, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 26.ix.2009 .

Biology. Coastal habitats, salty grasslands, ravines, ruderal habitats, beet plantations, windbreaks. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Zverezomb-Zubovski 1956; Petrukha 1959).

Note. Apparently the west range limit extends beyond Ukraine.