Taphrotopium (Taphrotopium) sulcifrons (Herbst)

Apion sulcifrons Herbst, 1797

Records. CRI ČNG* IFR KHE* KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE SUM TER ZAP* [Nowicki 1864: 33; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Wanat 1995: 98; Mazur 2002: 222; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 158; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 18].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Kazakhstan, West Siberia (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Sosnytsia District, Khlopianyky env., dry meadow, sweeping, V. V. Kavurka leg., 17.vii.2004 ; 1 spec. (Kizub Collection) Ichnia env., I. V. Kizub leg., 20–21.viii.2005 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, pasture, L. Zelinskaya leg., 9.vii.1987 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Teterev, 13.vii.1917;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (GC) Kinburn spit, Pokrovski Khutora, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 28.vi.2005; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, pitfall trap, E.I. Patsenker leg., 8.viii.1989 ; 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, E.I. Patsenker leg., 4.vii.1988 ;

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sandy and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX (Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae: Artemisia campestris (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995; Mazur 2002); A. santonicum, Centaurea scabiosa, Tanacetum millefolium (Solodovnikova 1963a) .