Brachycerus sinuatus Olivier

Brachycerus sinuatus Olivier, 1807

Brachycerus besseri Krynicki, 1832

Records. CRI ČRK* KHE ODE ZAP* [Krynicki 1832: 145; Schoenherr 1833: 413; Arzanov 2005: 70].

Distribution. Central, South and South-East Europe, Balkans.

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Cherkasy; Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kara-Dag, N slope, sweeping motley grass and forest, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 23.iv.1964; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Shakhbazov leg., 15.vii.1947; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Staryi Division, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 4.iv.2016 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 m, 1f (KUMN) 25 km NNW Odesa, Ilinka env., right shore of Kuyalnitsky Lyman, Gontarenko leg., 12.iv.1998 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1spec. (IMC) Melitopol Distr., Troitska Balka, I. V. Kovalev leg., 14.vi.2008; 4 spec. (SVC) idem, S. Suchkov leg., 4.v.2016

Biology. Grasslands, ravines. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Bellevalia sarmatica, Hyacinthella pallasiana (Asparagaceae) (Arzanov 2005).

Family CURCULIONIDAE (1201 species, 266 genera)

Subfamily Bagoinae (29 species, 1 genus)