Tychius (Tychius) medicaginis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 254-255

Tychius (Tychius) medicaginis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville

Tychius medicaginis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville, 1862

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI ODE* POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [ Łomnicki 1891: 22; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 375; Tenenbaum 1931: 357; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev et al. 1952: 349; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Dieckmann 1988: 405; Petrukha et al. 1988: 137; Isayev 1994: 40; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 242; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005b: 60; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Caldara 2013a: 167; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, Western China, North Africa ( Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kaniv, Kryshtal, 2.vii.1936 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Zolotonosha, V. Kizeritsky leg., 7.iv.1919 ; Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Shakh-Mamai, Kirichenko leg., 15.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sukhoi Indol River , N of Agarmish, K. Arnoldi leg., 9.vi.1948 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Gurzuf, 450 m, K. Arnoldi leg., 25.vii.1948 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kamyshevakha, Arnoldi leg., 7.vi.1937 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1937 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 11.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 15.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.vi.1938 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 1.vi.1939 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 20.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Rassypnaya station , steppe, Arnoldi leg., 30.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Banne, Arnoldi leg., 22.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1937 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) left bank of Siversky Donets River , Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1936 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sidorove, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1939 ; 7 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 23.v.1939 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 29.v.1939 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Manych Forestry, 11.v.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Merefa, Stepanov leg., 1.vii.1955 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Askania-Nova, tesqua S.Medvedev, 29.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 7.vii.1925 ; 5 spec. ( ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve , Malyshev leg., 2.vi.1911 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1911 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Luhansk Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1927 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Derkul, 11.vi.1952 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Provallya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.vi.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 31.viii.1928 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Olkhovaya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 25.vi.1926 ; 26 spec. ( ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Bilovodsk, 9.vi.1952 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Odessa, E. Fischer leg.;

Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 20.v.1912; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 8.v.1924; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 16.v.1924; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1925; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, vi.1926; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 22.vi.1926; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 20.v.1927; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Pyryatyn , Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.vi.1925; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Karlivka , 19.v.1917; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Mgar , 27.v.1913; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 28.v.1913 ; Rivne Prov.: 4 spec. ( ZIN) Divne Distr.

Biology. Grasslands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Medicago falcata ( Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); M. sativa ( Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988).