Protapion filirostre (Kirby)

Apion filirostre Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KRO* KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 344; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 381; Shapiro 1930: 144; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Sobol 1954: 316; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 338; 1966: 334; Petrukha et al. 1988: 141; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 174; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 17].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Siberia, Russian Far East (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Chernivtsi, A. Poiras leg., 17.viii.1991; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 16.iv.1899 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) Kramatorsk, R. V. Filimonov leg., 18.iv.2011 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Alexandria Distr., Nerubaevsk, A. Yakovlev leg., 9.vii.1900 ;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Beregove Distr., Velyka Bakta, A. Koval leg., 11.vii.1976 .

Biology. Forest edge, meadows, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Medicago falcata (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); M. lupulina, M. sativa (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); Trifolium dubium (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Vicia cracca, V. tenuifolia (Solodovnikova 1963a) .