Microplontus edentulus (Schultze)

Ceutorhynchus edentulus Schultze, 1897

Records. ČER IFR KHE KHM LWI ODE* POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [Schultze 1897a: 272; Penecke 1928: 370; Smreczyński 1929: 78; Penecke 1932: 353; Arnoldi et al. 1965: 574; Endrődi 1969: 322; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 226; Isayev 1994: 63; Mazur 2002: 233; Colonnelli 2004a: 63; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 194].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor; introduced in North America (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Medvedev leg., 9.vi .; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi .; 2 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Lukjanovitch leg., 27.iv.1927 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 23.v.1908; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Belhorod-Dnistrovsky, I. Maltsev leg., 20.v.1971; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Svinkovka, D. Ogloblin leg. , 1913; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 9.vi.1926; Vinnytsia Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Mogyliv-Podilskyi Distr., Verkhivka, Chekini leg., 8.vi.1901 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Novohrad-Volynsky

Biology. Wetlands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Asteraceae: Leucanthemum vulgare (Penecke 1928; Colonnelli 2004a); Tripleurospermum inodorum (Penecke 1928; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Lohse 1983n; Colonnelli 2004a); Matricaria discoidea (Lohse 1983n) .