Pseudaplemonus artemisiae (Moravitz)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 35

Pseudaplemonus artemisiae (Moravitz)

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Apion artemisiae Moravitz, 1861

Records. CRI DNI* KHE ODE POL ZAP [ Jakowleff 1902: 15; Semenov 1905: 132; Medvedev 1953b: 1131; Solodovnikova 1963a: 225; 1965a: 8; 1966: 333; 1968: 30].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, West Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Dnipro Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) Pavlohrad, Bulakhivka env., salt marsh, N48.616944, E35.671472, h= 61 m, Yu.E. Skrylnik leg., 16.vii.2012 ; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Genichesk, Okhotnik island , S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.vi.1986 ; Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Odesa, Kuyalnitsky Lyman, A.Kirichenko leg., 29.ix.1923 ; 29 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 2–3.viii.1927 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, D. Znoiko leg., 27.vi.1920 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) Odesa, vii.1921 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 9.vii.1927 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 24.viii.1927 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, on Statice caspia, D. Ogloblin leg., 30.vii.1925 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) Vylkove, S. Blinstein leg., 11.viii.1971 ; Poltava Prov.: 7 spec. ( ZIN) Kremenchuk Distr., Potoky, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 10.vii.1940 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Berdyansk, B.S. Pavlov-Verevkin leg., 13.vi.1983 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Kyrylivka env., south shore of Molochnyi Lyman, salty habitats, on Plumbaginaceae, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 4.vii.2001 ; 7 spec. ( SIZK) idem, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 7.vii.2001 .

Biology. Salty habitats. Adults occur in VI–IX. On Limonium caspium (Plumbaginaceae) ( Semenov 1905; Solodovnikova 1963a).