Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) raucus (Fabricius)

Curculio raucus Fabricius, 1777

Records. ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR LWI KHM KHR KRO* KYI LWI RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [Krynicki 1832: 149; Belke 1859a: 53; Belke 1866: 504; Miller 1868: 25; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Hildt 1893: 231; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 264; Kubisz et al. 1998: 266; Mazur 2002: 234; Sheshurak, Nazarenko 2002: 122; Zhuravlev et al. 2004: 143; Nazarenko 2010d: 88; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Europe, West Siberia; introduced in Canada.

Material examined. 1881 specimens (KUMN, SIZK, ZIN, ZMUN) including Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 2f (SIZK) Svitlovodsk, Nahirne, N49.087103, E33.07744, riparian biome, sands, V.G. Nadvornyi & A.A. Petrenko leg., 21.vii.1976; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, pitfall trap, E.I. Patsenker leg., 12.vi.1989 .

Biology. Deciduous forests. Parthenogenetic. Adults occur in V–VIII. Polyphagous.