Ranunculiphilus (Ranunculiphilus) faeculentus (Gyllenhal)

Ceutorhynchusfaeculentus Gyllenhal, 1837

Coeliodes canaliculatus Gyllenhal, 1837

Records. CRI ČER DON* KHE* KHM KYI LUG* MYK* ODE* TER VIN [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 293; Lindemann 1871: 314; Hormuzaki 1901a: 106; Dieckmann 1969: 44; Dieckmann 1972b: 83; Korotyaev 1980: 185; Kubisz et al. 1998: 274; Mazur 2002: 238; Colonnelli 2004a: 51; Colonnelli 2004b; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Nazarenko 2012a: 220; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Colonnelli 2013: 201].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Middle Asia (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tauria; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir Valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.v.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol A. Bazhenov leg., 25.v.1899; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch Jacentkowski leg., 14.v.1902; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kiritschenko leg., 29.v.1907 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 16.vi.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Medvedev leg., 27.vi .; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova, pr. Chersonensis, S.I. Medvedev leg., 19.vi.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania- Nova, tesqua S.Medvedev, 20.vi.1925 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bahovitsa, N48.613172, E26.728403, Sainog leg., 5–9.vi.1896 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 6.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bakhmutovka, K. V. Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1958 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 5799) Mykolaiv, N46.925898, E32.048814, R. Stepoviy leg., 25.xii.2017; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Balta Distr., Kodyma, Bazhenov leg., 8.vi.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Starokozache, A. Poiras leg., 14.vi.1990 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mogyliv-Podilskyi Distr., Verkhivka, A. Chekini leg., 8.vi.1901 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaseneve, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1939 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX (Dieckmann 1972b). On Ranunculaceae: Consolida regalis (Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Colonnelli 2004a; Isayev 2007); C. orientalis (Colonnelli 2004a) .