Rhamphus pulicarius (Herbst)

Curculio pulicarius Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT [Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Penecke 1928: 377; Shapiro 1930: 143; Medvedev 1950b: 69; 1950c: 94; 1953a: 78; 1963: 77; Mazur 2002: 238; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54; Nazarenko 2005a: 93; 2006b: 165; 2006d: 130; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; 2010d: 89; 2012d: 191; 2012f: 54; 2013a: 109].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (KUMN) 10 km SSW Bakhchisarai, env. of Tankovoe, left bank of Belbek, garden, sweeping, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 01.v.1999; 7 spec. (KUMN) ca. 5 km N Rybachy, Urochyshche Chiginitra, on willows, N. Yunakov leg., 03.v.1998; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalche Division, at evening on birches, S. Medvedev leg., 04.vi.1951; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovska, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi step Nature Reserve, mountain oak forest, on oak, S. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948; Lviv Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 20 km W Lviv, Zatoka railway station env., 5 km NW from railway, marsh, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vi.1995; Rivne Prov.: 4 spec. (SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Bilsk Forestry, pasture, on Salix ? rosmarinifolia, V.Yu. Nazarenko & G.D. Nuzhna leg., 12.vi.2008.

Biology. Forests, shrublands. Adults occur in V–VI. On deciduous trees, shrubs, Salix spp. ( Salicaceae) (Mazur 2002)