Otiorhynchus (Melasemnus) ovalipennis Boheman

Otiorhynchus ovalipennis Boheman, 1843

Records. CRI KYI (i)* LWI (i)* [Arnoldi et al. 1965: 510; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 264].

Distribution. Mediterranean Region.

Material examined. Crimea: 1f (KUMN) 7 km S Theodosia, Ordzhonikidze, Pryimak leg., 29.vi.1980; 2f (KUMN) Eupatoria, A.Th. Bartenev leg., 10.viii.1987; 3f (KUMN) idem, 20.viii.1988; 2f (KUMN) idem, 25.vii.1992; 2f (KUMN) idem, 02.v.1989; 1f (KUMN) Karadag Nature Reserve, V. P. Zolotarev leg., 15.vii.1982; 17f (KUMN) Karadag Nature Reserve, Besh-Tash rock, on Sorbus taurica, P. Voloshin leg., 21–31.v.1997; 1f (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Tsentralnaya Kotlovina, Levtshinskaya leg., 23.vi.1954; 3f (KUMN) Sevastopol env., nr Balaklava, V. P. Zolotarev leg., 07.1970; 4f (KUMN) Sevastopol env., nr Balaklava, V. P. Zolotarev leg., 01.vii.1973; 1f (KUMN) Sevastopol env., nr Balaklava, V. P. Zolotarev leg., 23.viii.1973; 1f (KUMN) Simeiz, coastal zone, under stone, I. Muravyeva leg., 27.vii.2007; 8f (KUMN) Yaltinsky Montane Nature Reserve, Nikita env., pine forest with Quercus-Juniperus, on Q. petrea at night, N. Yunakov leg., 09–10.v.1999; 1f (KUMN) Yaltinsky Montane Nature Reserve, on Juniperus excelsa, S.I. Medvedev, 16.vi.1956; 2 f (SIZK) Magarach, Yalta; 4 spec. (SIZK) Alushta Distr., Privetnoe, E. Tereznikova leg., 31.v.1956 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 f (SIZK) Skole env., Opir River valley, S. V. Glotov leg., 7.vi.2004 .

Biology. Montane xerothermic forests. Parthenogenetic, Adults occur in IV–IX. Polyphagous.