Rhynchites (Epirhynchites) giganteus Schoenherr

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 449

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scientific name	Rhynchites (Epirhynchites) giganteus Schoenherr
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Rhynchites giganteus Schoenherr, 1832

Rhynchites giganteus Krynicki, 1832

Rhynchites rectirostris Gyllenhal, 1833

Attelabus versicolor O. G. Costa, 1839 View in CoL

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE SUM TER VIN ZAK [ Belke 1853: 430; Chernay 1854: 169; Belke 1858: 361; Łomnicki 1868: 151; Miller 1868: 24; Lindeman 1871: 286; Nowicki 1873: 39; Łomnicki 1875: 178; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1886: 235; Kulikowski 1897: 213; Pyatakova 1930: 335; Shapiro 1930: 144; Penecke 1932: 356; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Medvedev 1950a: 42; 1950c: 99; 1953b: 1134; Tveritina 1956: 140; Kryshtal 1959: 73; Tveritina 1966: 51; Zelinskaya 1977: 73; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko & Moroz 2000b: 40; 2001: 39; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 69; Nazarenko 2009c: 37; Sumarokov 2009: 164].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa and Middle Asia) ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( NSPU) Nizhyn , P.N Sheshurak leg., 7.v.1987 , P.N. Sheshurak leg.; Kharkiv Prov .: 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 6 km S Lyubotyn , env. of Bystroe, Krivolapov leg., 06.ix.2009 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 14 km NW Izyum, Lysogorka , floodland forest on right bank Siverskyi Donets River, under flowering Pyrus, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 04.v.1993 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv , env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 25 km NW Izyum , env. of Chepel (= Zhukovka), Averin leg., 02.vii.1911 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary , Zolotarev leg., 07.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, A.F. Bartenev leg., 01.vi.1987 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) idem, A.F. Bartenev leg., 23.vi.1987 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv env., I. Krynicki leg., 1828 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) S env. Kharkiv , near Bezlyudivka, V.N. Gramma leg., 11.vi.1970 ; 9 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv , Dokuchaeva, Yu.E. Skrylnik leg., 05–24.v.2004 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, Yu.E. Skrylnik leg., 05.v.2005 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve , Antonenko leg., 25.vi.1991 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Luhansk Nature Reserve , Provalskyi Step , gulch of Verkhnee or Bolshoe Provalie River, sweeping, T. A. Trikhleb leg., 6.v.2000 ; Sumy Prov.: 2 spec. ( BKC) Mykhaylivska Tsilyna Nature Reserve , on Pyrus, R.V. Babko & M.B. Kirichenko leg., 16.v.2003 .

Biology. Forests, shrublands, gardens. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Rosaceae : Pyrus sp., Malus sp., Mespilus sp., Crataegus sp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Dieckmann 1974).