Omphalapion hookerorum (Kirby)

Apion hookerorum Kirby, 1808

Apion hookeri auct. [incorrect original spelling]

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT* [Łomnicki 1877b: 152; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 230; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Penecke 1928: 380; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Khrolinsky 1965: 109; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Wanat 1995: 132; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 220; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Kravchenko 2010: 59; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 157; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 16].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, West Siberia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv, Iljin leg., 22.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 26.vi.1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv env., Iljin leg., 1.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, S.K. Zaporozhtsev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 4.vi.1910 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Zamostye, Iljin leg. ; 1 (ZIN) Zmiiv Destr., Gaidary, Biological Station, K. Arnoldi leg., 13.v.1919 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dolobetskyi island, meadows, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 16.v.2007 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Soniachne Lake, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 7.v.2001 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 29.viii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.vi.1931; 1 spec. (ZIN) Provalsky Step Nature Reserve, G.E. Davidian leg., 5.viii.1990 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 15.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Stara Huta env., willows, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 21.vi.2006; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kryntsiliv env., Urochyshche Krasnianska Dacha, Krasnianske Forestry, deciduous forest, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2007 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Nemyriv; Volyn Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Markovichi, A. Yakovlev leg., 8.iv.1898; 1 spec. (KrC) Shatsk Distr., Pishcha env., Urochyshche Zhyrnia, sweeping, O.M. Kravchenko leg., 7.vi.2001 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr, B. Sakanowski leg., 21.iv.1920;

Biology. Meadows, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae: Tripleurospermum inodorum (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995); Anthemis cotula (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Wanat 1995); Matricaria chamomilla, M. discoidea (Wanat 1995) .