Brachonyx pineti (Paykull)

Curculio pineti Paykull, 1792

Curculio indigena Herbst, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN ZAK ŽIT [Chernay 1854: 176, 244; Belke 1866; Lindeman 1871: 196; Łomnicki 1884; 1886: 212; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Łomnicki 1905: 74; Penecke 1928: 375; Shapiro 1930: 143; Kryshtal 1956; Medvedev 1963; Mazur 2002: 224; Nazarenko 2005a: 91; 2010d: 84; 2012a: 219; 2012b: 123; 2012f: 52; 2013b: 20].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia) (Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Aladag, 1141 m, 44º37' N, 34º14' E, Marusik leg, 7.iii.2002 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Centralnaya Kotlovina, Bolshaja Poljana, Levchinskaya leg., 11.vii.1955; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 2.vi.1992; 1 spec. (KUMN) 15 km SWW Zachepylivka, near Kolpakovka, Guglya leg., 23.v.2009 ; 2 spec. (KUMN) env . Kharkiv, Krynicki leg., 1831; 2 spec. (KUMN) idem, Sperk leg., 1832; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Dnieper River, Dolobetskyi Island, near pine forest, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.iv.2007 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Seredyna-Buda Distr., Ochkyne, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2006 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec (KUMN) N env. of Vinnytsia, 3 km from Kolo-Mikhailovka, Korotkova leg., 4.vi.1967 .

Biology. Mixed and pine forests. Adults occur in IV–X. On Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) (Dieckmann 1988; Mazur 2002)