Ceratapion (Ceratapion) carduorum (Kirby)

Apion carduorum Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER DNI IFR KHE* KHR LWI MYK* SUM TER ZAK [Lindemann 1871: 197; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 83; Penecke 1928: 380; Tveritina 1953: 63; Tveritina 1956b: 138; Solodovnikova 1963c: 154; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2009c: 38; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 155].

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

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (FRC) Kirovske distr., Ağarmış Mt. Range, Molla-Çokrak source, R. V. Filimonov leg., 13.v.2012 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 20.vi.1986 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (LGC) Kazanka Distr., Lisne, A.I. Golovatyuk leg., 30.v.2005 ;

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. On Asteraceae: Carduus pycnocephalus, Cirsium arvense, C. vulgare, Onopordum acanthium (Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995)

Note.: Recent revision of species revealed the majority of historical records of C. carduorum were based on misidentifications and refer to C. gibbirostre (Wanat 1995) .