Sphenophorus piceus (Pallas)

Curculio piceus Pallas, 1771

Records. CRI DNI DON KHM KHR KYI LUG ODE ZAK [Lindeman 1871: 314; Cherkunov 1889: 194; Hildt 1893: 220; Kulikowski 1897: 206; Pyatakova 1930: 317; Roubal 1941: 211; Globova 1958: 166; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 52; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 180].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Asia Minor and Middle East) (Lyal 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. (SIZK) env. Koktebel, A. V. Parkhomenko leg., 3, 5.vii.2005; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, E. Rutjan leg., 10–12.v.2000 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Arabatska Strilka Spit, B.N. Vasko leg., 10.vi.2006; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SKC) Antratsyt, S. V. Konovalov leg., 20.v.2007; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Reni Distr., kolkhoz Krasnoye Znamia, 21.v.1951 .

Biology. Meadows, xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in V–VII. On Arundo donax (Poaceae) (Smreczyński 1972)