Rhabdorrhynchus vilhelmseni Gültekin

Rhabdorrhynchus vilhelmseni Gültekin, 2006

Curculio mixtus Olivier, 1807 [HN] non Curculio mixtus Fabricius, 1792

Records. CRI* LUG* [first record].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north and West Siberia) (Ter-Minasian 1988; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (IKC) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissia, 44.834167°, 34.229722°, I. V. Kovalev leg., 23–25.viii.2008 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Slovyanoserbsk Distr., Tryohizbenka, Steppe Reserve, 10.ix.2012 .

Biology. Larva develops in the roots of Borago officinalis (Boraginaceae) (Bargagli 1884; Kleine 1910; cited by Ter-Minasian 1988).