Protapion apricans (Herbst)

Apion apricans Herbst, 1797

Apion fagi: auct. [MI]. not Linnaeus, 1751

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE* POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 240; Nowicki 1864: 33; Miller 1868: 24; Lindemann 1871: 196; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 232; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Ksenzhopolskij 1913: 57; Penecke 1928: 381; Shapiro 1930: 144; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1953: 63; Sobol 1954: 316; Fasulati & Sikura 1956: 73; Kryshtal 1956: 321; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Kryshtal 1959: 80; Tveritina 1959: 182; Medvedev 1963: 78; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 111; Solodovnikova 1965a: 10; 1965b: 337; 1966: 334; 1968: 30; Petrukha et al. 1988: 139; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 221; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2003: 83; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2005b: 59; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko 2007a: 94; Nazarenko 2007b: 231; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Mateleshko et al. 2009: 489; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Nazarenko 2009c: 39; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 173; Nazarenko 2012c: 151; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 17; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 17].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Iran, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, Bazhenov leg., 15.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, Keller leg., vii.1910; 4 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1937; 3 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., 2.v.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1937; 6 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yasenove, near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1939; 2 spec. (ZIN) Netrius River, Svyatogirsk env. Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 1.vi.1916; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1916; 6 spec. (ZIN) Derhachi, S. Iljin leg., 28.vii.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gairary, Biological station, 27.v.1918 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 21.iii.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Bagovytsya, Sainog leg., 21.vii.1896; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10–15.viii.1896; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, D. Ogloblin leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, airport, S.Tóth leg., 18.v.1975; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 25.v.1917; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 1.ix.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.ix.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 24.iv.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Lukjanovitsh leg., 3.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1927; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Borova River, Lisichansk Arnoldi leg., 19.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yunytsky Nature Reserve, K. Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1952; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 14.v.1928; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1928; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1929; Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, E. Fischer leg.;

Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Vinnytsky Distr., Noskivtsi, Jacentkowski leg., 23.iv.1903 ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Michhirya Distr, Kiryakova leg., vii–viii.1958 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, Lazeschina River, 800 m, Zaslavsky leg., 13.v.1958 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., 5–8 km NW of Kvasy, Gusarov leg., 21.viii.1994 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) Zaporizhia, right bank of the Dnieper River, S. Alexeenko leg., 20.v.2004 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 17.vi.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.vi.1897; 2 spec. (SIZK) Ruzhyn, Trifolium, sweeping, V. M. Stovbchatyi leg., 24.vi.2004 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in III–IX. On Fabaceae: Trifolium pratense (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Nazarenko 2009c); T. montanum (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Nazarenko 2009c); T. alpestre, T. repens (Solodovnikova 1963a) .