Bagous tempestivus (Herbst)

Curculio tempestivus Herbst, 1795

Records. ČER DON* IFR KHM LWI RIV TER VIN VOL [Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Łomnicki 1886: 212; Rybiński 1903b: 145; Penecke 1928: 364; Mazur 2002: 223; Caldara 2013b: 176].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Siberia, Russian Far East (Caldara 2013b).

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 24.v.1927 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1927; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rivne Distr. 16.v.1903; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, salty lands, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1939 ; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha env., Zelenets Urochyshche, meadows, under hay, O.M. Kravchenko leg., 19.x.2013 .

Biology. Wetlands. Adults occur in I–VI, VIII–XI (Dieckmann 1983). On Groenlandia densa, Stuckenia pectinata (Hoffmann 1954); Potamogeton sp., Carex sp., Sagittaria sagittifolia (Dieckmann 1964; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983e); Ranunculus repens (Dieckmann 1983; Caldara & O’Brien 1998); Potamogeton crispus, P. lucens, P. natans (occasionally?) (Caldara & O’Brien 1998).