Trichopterapion holosericeum (Gyllenhal)

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Apion holosericeum Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KYI LWI TER VIN ZAK [Schoenherr 1833: 268; Lindemann 1871: 295; Penecke 1928: 382; Smreczyński 1939: 42; Roubal 1941: 112; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Smreczyński 1965: 32; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Mazur 2002: 222; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2003: 83; Yunakov & Nazarenko 2003: 96; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2007b: 231; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 44; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Nazarenko 2010d: 83; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 160].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Magarach; 1 spec. (ZIN) Semidvorje, Yalta env., L. Bianki leg., 8–9.ix.1910 ; 8 spec. (ZIN) idem, 10–16.ix.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25–27.ix.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, E. Kuznetsov leg., 13–15.v.1960 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Massandra, sweeping, ix.77; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 29.iv.1899 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) Alsu, Arnoldi leg., 2.v.1916 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kosmodamianovsky Monastery, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 15.vi.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol env., Kizericki leg., 20.iii.1920; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, G. Suvorov leg., 1903; 2 spec. (ZIN) Massandra, L. Arnoldi leg., 29.iv. –2.v.1937 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, Arnoldi leg., 18.iv.1948 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Simferopol, Zavodskoe, Z. Sokova leg., 23.vii.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Nikitski Botanical Garden, Vasilyeva, 7.v.1985; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, on Corylus, 7.v.1985 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Loginova leg., 7.viii.1954; 11 spec. (ZIN) Bakhchisarai, D . R. Kasparyan leg., 27.ix.1987; 4 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, Novy Port, oak forest, D . R. Kasparyan leg., 17.iv.1989; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sokolinoye, Derbeneva leg., 3.vi.1956 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, M. Tikhomirova leg., 9.vi.1954 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, Rodendorf leg., 20.viii.1955 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) E of Alushta, O.N. Kabakov leg., 23.v.1978 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alushta, B . V. Stark; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mezhgorye, Forestry, D . R. Kasparyan leg., 11.ix.1980; 3 spec. (ZIN) Yalta, G.E. Davidian leg., 11.v.1990 .

Biology. Forests and shrublands. Adults occur in III–IX. On Betulaceae: Carpinus betulus (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Mazur 2002); C. orientalis (Hoffmann 1958; Dieckmann 1977; orig. data).