Asproparthenis punctiventris (Germar)

Lixus punctiventris Germar, 1824

Records. CRI* ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHR KRO KYI LUG* LWI MYK ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT [Nowicky 1873: 35; Keppen 1882: 317; Łomnicki 1884: 31, 1886: 204; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Shapiro 1930: 141; 1940: 52; Medvedev et al. 1953: 1127; Fedorenko 1959: 1011; Tveritina 1962: 38– 39; Melnik 1971: 8; Mazur 2013: 224].

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

Material examined. 148 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC) from 15 provinces were studied. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) Chornomorske Distr., Tarkhankut Cape , Jangul Nature Reserve, V. Martynov

leg., 17.vi.1996; 1 spec. (IMC) Krasnogvardeysk Distr., woodland belt, 22.vii.1950 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Dzhankoy, Vyselki, pasture, Bogachev leg., 9.v.1952 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Kacha River, 24.vii.1947 ; 2 spec. (IMC) Nyzhniohirskyi Distr., sovkhoz Prymorye, I. Maltsev leg., 19.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Sevastopol, 29.iv.1977; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevasopol, W. Pliginski leg., 1.vi ; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol, I. Maltsev leg., 15.v.1954 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Yu. Wagner ; 1 spec. (SIZK) 10 km N Armyansk, coastof Karkinitsky Gulf, S . V. Volovnik leg., 16.v.1982; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Black Sea, Dovgyj Island, 17.vi.1956 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Kherson, I. Maltsev leg., 6.vi.1956; 5 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, V. Bogatenkova leg., 18.vi.1933; 25 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, M. Shevchenko leg.; 2 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, Lyubishchev leg., 1931; 1 spec. (IMC) Tiligulsky Lyman, Znojko leg., 13.vi ; 1 spec. (IMC) Chaplinka Distr., Askania-Nova, S. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Solonoozerny Division, Petrenko leg., 17.vii.1974 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Bilozerka Distr., Olexandrivka, lakeshore, S . V. Volovnik leg., 22.v.1982; 4 spec. (SIZK) Belozirka Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Potievka, M.I. Nitochko leg., 22.vi– 2.vii.2008 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (IMC) Dovzhansk Distr., Provalskyi Step Nature Reserve, forest, A. Bartenev leg., 18.vi.1972 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Striletskyi Step Nature Reserve, Petrusenko leg., 29.v.1965 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Ochakiv Distr., Porutino, S . V. Volovnik leg., 24.v.1982; 1 spec. (SIZK) Pershotravneve Distr., Chausovo, S . V. Volovnik leg., 24.iv.1983 .

Biology. Salty grasslands, ruderal habitats, beet plantations. Adults occur in IV–IX. Imago polyphagous, larva oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Pospelov 1913; Auersch 1954, 1961a, 1961b, 1961c; Volovnik 1988).

Notes. Principal pest of beet in Ukraine (Zverezomb-Zubovski 1956; Petrukha 1959; Fedorenko & Strukova 2012).