Coniocleonus (Plagiographus) nigrosuturatus (Goeze)

Curculio nigrosuturatus Goeze, 1777

Curculio obliquus Fabricius, 1792

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHE* KHR LWI MYK ODE ZAP* ŽIT* [Chernay 1854: 175; Nowicki 1858: 17; 1864: 34; Łomnicky 1875: 176; Penecke 1932: 351; Lazorko 1963: 83; Ter-Minasian 1968: 514–515; Mazur 2002: 227].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 38 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, NSPU, IMC, SKC, YKC) from 5 provinces were studied. Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Novotroitsk Distr., Vasylivka, Churyuk Island, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 6.ix.1982 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, I. Maltsev leg., 17.vii.1960; 1 spec. (IMC) Bilozerka, Rafalski leg.; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (YKC) Melitopol, forest park, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 23.iv.2010; Zhytomyr Prov. : 1 spec. (SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 12.vi.1920 .

Biology. Xerotermic habitats with sparse grass vegetation. Adults occur in III–X. On Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae) . (Stejskal et al. 2014; Horvath et al. 2014).