Protapion ruficrus (Germar)

Apion ruficrus Germar, 1817

Records. ČER IFR KHM KYI LUG* LWI POL* TER VIN ZAK* [Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 381; Khrolinsky 1965: 112; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 174].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, West Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Medvedev leg., 18.vi.1931; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 19.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10.vi.1928; 7 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1929; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.viii.1925; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Beregovo Distr., Velyka Bakta, A. Koval leg., 11.vii.1976 .

Biology. Forest edge, xerothermic grasslands, slopes. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Trifolium alpestre (Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); T. montanum (Khrolinsky 1965; Mazur 2002).