Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 341-342

Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus)

Curculio scaber Linnaeus, 1758

Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus (Beck, 1817)

Records. ČER ČNG IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [ Cherkunov 1889: 193; Mazur 2002: 241; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 36; Sheshurak & Nazarenko 2002: 122; Yunakov 2003c: 337; Nazarenko 2010d: 90].

Distribution. Europe, Kazakhstan, West Siberia; introduced to USA and Canada (Bright & Bouchard, 2007).

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 2 f ( KUMN) Izyum, slope of Kremyanets Mt. , A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 04.v.2004 ; 1 f ( KUMN) 13 km SSE of Kharkiv, Vasishcheve, Urochyshche Chorny Lis , A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 23.v.2002 ; Lviv Prov.: 1 f ( KUMN) Stryj, left bank of Stryj River , N. Kalashnik leg., 11.vii.1967 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 f ( KUMN) 16 km NW Mirhorod, 1 km NE Romadan, Vodyanitskaya T.B. leg., 12.viii.1997 ; Rivne Prov.: 1 f ( SIZK) Rivne Nature Reserve , V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2008 ; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Gnivan, 21.vi.1935 ; 7 f ( KUMN) 18 km N Vinnytsia, Salnyk env., Trapeznikova leg., 05.viii.1997 ; 1 f ( KUMN) SW Gaisyna, Ladyzhenske Forestry, Lopatyne locality, Korotkova leg., 15.vi.1967 ; Zakarpatska Prov. : 1 f ( KUMN) ca. 23 km NE Hust, Zabrid, Stolar S. leg., 14.vii.1997 ; 1 f ( KUMN) 15 km SE of Mizhhiria, Mereshor env., Yunakovleg., 09.vii.1997 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 9 f ( KUMN) Novograd-Volynsky env., Mikhailov leg., 12.v.1911 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 10.v.1921 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 21.vii.1921 .

Biology. Grasslands, meadows in forests. Parthenogenetic; Adults occur in IV–VIII. Polyphagous, in grass litter.