Rhinusa asellus (Gravenhorst)

Rhynchaenus asellus Gravenhorst, 1807

Gymnetroncylindrirostris Gyllenhal, 1838

Gymnetron polonicum Rosenschoeld, 1838

Records. CRI* ČER DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Nowicki 1858: 16; Łomnicki 1866: 8; 1870: 82; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1884: 32; 1886: 217; 1884: 32; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Shapiro 1930: 143; Tveritina 1956: 138; 1962: 40; Izrajlevich & Lapin 1990: 49; Kubisz et al. 1998: 276; Mazur 2002: 229; Sinjugina & Lapin 2002: 133; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; 2013b: 27].

Distribution. Central Europe, Asia Minor (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (FRC) Bilohirsk Distr., Molbai basin, valley of Tserik-Uzen River, R. V. Filimonov leg., 9.v.2013 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 (KUMN) N of Yasynuvata, Vasylivka, E. Ivanova leg., 31.v.1998 ;

Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar’ leg., 23.vii.1928; 1 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, near Bilousivka, q. 133, left bank of Ulichka River, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.vi.2006 ;

Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Perechin, E. Tereznikova leg., 19.vi.1957 .

Biology. Meadows, floodplains. Adults occur in VI. On Verbascum thapsus, V. phlomoides, V. pulverulentum (Scrophulariaceae) (Smreczyński 1976)