Curculio pellitus (Boheman)

(fig. 35)

Balaninus pellitus Boheman, 1843

Curculio villosus Herbst, 1784 [HN].

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KRO LWI TER VIN ZAK ZAP* [Penecke 1928: 374; Pyatakova 1930: 317; Roubal 1941: 190; Ter-Minasian 1956: 426–427; Kubisz et al. 1998: 272; Mazur 2002: 227; Nazarenko 2010a: 703].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Middle Asia, Middle East, West Siberia) (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUN) Kara-Dag Nature Reserve, W slope of Karagaç Mt.Range, Cherny Ovrag, N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010 ; 1 spec. (ZMUN) idem, W slope of Karagaç Mt.Range, Cherny Ovrag, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.2010 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Kukushkin leg., 15.v.2011; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Filatov leg., 10.viii.1995; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Shekhovtsov A. leg., 12.vii.2009; 1 spec. (KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, N. Yunakov leg., 25.iv.2012 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 17 km NE Alushta, near Rybache, N. Yunakov leg., 04.v.1998 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 4, 5 km NE Rybache, Kanaka ravine, on Quercus petrea, Shekhovtsov leg., 07.vii.2007 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) 18 km SE Simferopol, Perevalne env., W slope of Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, N. Yunakov leg., 08.v.1997 ; 1 spec. (ZMUN) Novy Svet botanical wildlife preserve, S slope of Sykhtlar Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 03.vi.2010 ; 2 spec. (ZMUN) idem, E slope of Karaul-Oba Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 03.vi.2010 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Yakymivka Distr., Myrne, 46.715188°, 35.269029°, bank of Tashchenak River, I. V. Kovalev leg., 8.viii.2013; 1 spec. (IKC) Melitopol Distr., Troitske, 47.064722°, 35.455556°, Troitska Balka, I. V. Kovalev leg., 5.ix.2009; 1 spec. (IKC) ibidem, at night, to light, I. V. Kovalev leg., 21.vii.2007; 1 spec. (IKC) Vilnyansk Distr., Yasynuvate, Balchanska Balka, 48.109722°, 35.135556° I. V. Kovalev leg., 4.ix.2010 .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in V–IX. On Quercus pubescens, Q. petrea, Q. robur, Q. ilex, Q. sessiliflora, ( Fagaceae), Corylus spp. ( Betulaceae) (Ter-Minasian 1956; Dieckmann 1988).