Pseudoprotapion ergenense (Becker)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 84

Pseudoprotapion ergenense (Becker)

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Apion ergenense Becker, 1864

Records. ČER ČRK* DON* IFR KHM LWI TER VIN [ Tenenbaum 1938: 428; Dieckmann 1977: 128; Isayev 1994: 15; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 221; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso- Zarazaga 2011a: 176].

Distribution. Southern and East Europe, Asia Minor ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zolotonosha , Kizericki leg., 15.iv.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, vi.1907 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 12.vii.1907 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) NetriusRiver near Svyatohirsk , Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka , Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sandy habitats. Adults occur in V–IX ( Dieckmann 1977). On Fabaceae : Astragalus danicus , Astragalus onobrychis ( Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Astragalus albicaulis , Onobrychis arenaria , Onobrychis viciifolia ( Dieckmann 1977) ; Astragalus cicer , Astragalus cornutus , Astragalus zingeri (Isayev 2007) ; Astragalus arenarius ( Dedyukhin 2012) .