Pseudoprotapion ergenense (Becker)

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Apion ergenense Becker, 1864

Records. ČER ČRK* DON* IFR KHM LWI TER VIN [Tenenbaum 1938: 428; Dieckmann 1977: 128; Isayev 1994: 15; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 176].

Distribution. Southern and East Europe, Asia Minor (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., 15.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.vii.1907; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) NetriusRiver near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sandy habitats. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae: Astragalus danicus, Astragalus onobrychis (Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Astragalus albicaulis, Onobrychis arenaria, Onobrychis viciifolia (Dieckmann 1977); Astragalus cicer, Astragalus cornutus, Astragalus zingeri (Isayev 2007); Astragalus arenarius (Dedyukhin 2012) .