Hypera (Hypera) viciae (Gyllenhal)

Rhynchaenus viciae Gyllenhal, 1813

Records. ČER IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [Cherkunov 1889: 189; Rybiński 1903b: 144; Łomnicki 1905: 73; Penecke 1928: 362; Roubal 1941: 210; Tveritina 1956: 137; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 42; 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 38; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Nazarenko 2005a: 92; 2007d: 232; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Nazarenko 2010d: 87; 2012f: 52; 2013b: 22].

Distribution. Palaearctic (Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 5 km SWW Chuhuiv, env. of Dachi railway platform, humid meadow in depression, on Viciasepium, N. Yunakov leg., 18.v.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, sweeping on meadow near water, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 18.v.1998; 11 spec. (KUMN) Lyubotyn, Shekhovtsov leg., 18.vii.2008; 3 spec. (KUMN) env. Kharkiv, 1 km NE Lyubotyn, env. of Vodjanoe, Shekhovtsov leg., 22.v.2009; 20 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv, Lisopark, glade, on Viciacracca, N. Yunakov leg., 16.v.1998 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, near Yuzhnaja bus terminal, meadow, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.vi.1994; 2 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv, Pivdenna bus terminal, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.v.1995 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sarny Distr., env. Sarny, Chudel, Urochyshche Dubky, near HQ, oak forest, glade, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Holosko, 6.iv; 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Holosko, Verkhratskiy leg., 10.iv; 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Holosko, 14.vii; 3 spec. (DMLU) Lviv; 1 spec. (DMLU) Univ (vill. Mizhgirja), Gankevych leg., 1.v.1913; 1 spec. (KUMN) Lviv, Stryj park, N. Yunakov leg., 10.vi.1995 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (LGC) Kazanka Distr., Lisne, A.I. Golovatyuk leg., 15.v.2004 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Park, near Bilousivka, q. 133, sweeping, pine forest, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 19.vi.2006; 1 spec. (SIZK) Stara Huta, clearing in a mixed forest, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 20.vi.2006; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Rakhiv env., near HQ of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, glades, A.A. Petrenko leg., 17.vi.1990 .

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Fabaceae ( Vicia, Lathyrus) (Scherf 1964; Tempère & Péricart 1989)