Sitona macularius (Marsham)

Curculio macularius Marsham, 1802

Curculio crinitus Herbst, 1795 [HN].

Records. CRI* ČER ČNGČRK DON DNI IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Miller 1868: 25; Lindeman 1871: 192; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 280 ( S. crinitus); Kubisz et al. 1998: 268; Nazarenko et al., 1998: 119; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 37; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Nazarenko 2009c: 43; Nazarenko 2010d: 89; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Palaearctic.

Material examined. 102 specimens (KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN, SIZK) including: Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUN) 9 km ESE Perevalne, upper course of Burulça River, near peak 978 m, N. Yunakov leg., 24.vi.2002 ; 2 spec. (ZMUN) 3 km NW Heneralske [Ulu Özen], Tyrke Mt.Range, E slope of Stol-Gora Mt., N. Yunakov leg., 27.vi.2002 ; 7 spec. (ZMUN) 8 km ESE Perevalne, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, Malaya Burulça River sources, N. Yunakov leg., 25.vi.2002 ; 1 spec. (ZMUN) idem, 21.vi.2002; 2 spec. (ZMUN) idem, 19.vi.2002; 1 spec. (ZMUN) Çatır Dağ Mt.Range, S slope, N. Yunakov leg., 27.v.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 4 spec. (SVC) Chernomorsky Nature Reserve, pasture, L. Zelinskayaleg., 9.vi.1987 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Novoarkhanhelsk, Pokotylove, Yatran River, meadow, N.S. Evtukh leg.; Zaporizhia Prov. : 1 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Radyvonivka, alfalfa field, E.I. Patsenker leg., 17.vii.1988

Biology. Meadows in forests, grasslands. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Fabaceae, mostly Vicia spp.