Mecaspis alternans (Hellwig)

Curculio alternans Hellwig, 1795

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* IFR KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE TER ZAK [Krynicky 1832: 152; Chernay 1854: 175; Lindeman 1871: 95; Łomnicki 1886: 205; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Penecke 1928: 357; Roubal 1941: 167; Arnoldi 1956: 330; Krishtal 1956: 317; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 232].

Distribution. Central and South Europe, Asia Minor, Israel, Iran (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (NSPU) Nizhyn env., N. V. Nazarov, 2.v.2003; Dnipro Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Magdalynivka Distr., Chernechchyna, salt marsh, 49° 07´N, 34°47´E. N. Polchaninova leg., 6– 28.v.2014 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (IMC) Feodosia, I. Maltsev leg., 15.vi.1951 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Budy, 24.v.2009; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Liptsi, O. Shchapova leg, vii.1997; 1 spec. (KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., Nesterivka, hollow, T. Zhebina, N. Polchaninova leg., 6.x.2013; 1 spec. (KUMN) Vovchanskyi Distr., Okhrymivka, 50° 20΄ N, 37°13΄ E, A. Slutsky leg., 15.iv.2014 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv-Svyatoshyn Distr., Luka, Jenni leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiev, 3.v.1903; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiev, 26.iv.1903; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kiev, 20.iv.1903; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv Distr., Hodosivka, M. Nesterov leg., 15.iv.2004; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv Distr., Bilychy, M. Nesterov leg., 18.iv.2006; 1f, 1 m (SIZK) Kyiv, Holosiyevo, Khutor Vilnyi, in copula, M. Zaika leg., 25.iii.2014 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Perevalsk Distr., Gorodishche, chalky slope, 2.vi.1953; 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, 14.iv.2004; 1 spec. (SKC) idem, 14.iv.2010; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Kotovsk [= Podilsk], I. Maltsev leg., 25.v.1964 ; Ternopil Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Medobory Nature Reserve, Gusyatin Distr., Payivka, A. Drogvalenko leg., 3.vii.2005 .

Biology. Xerothermic habitats, forests. Adults occur in III–VIII. In the tuber of Daucus carota (Apiaceae) (Hoffmann 1950), Pastinaca sativa (Germann 2012)