Tachyerges stigma (Germar)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 236-237

Tachyerges stigma (Germar)

Salius stigma Germar, 1821

Records. ČER IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI POL RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK [ Nowicki 1864: 37; 1865: 37; Łomnicki 1866: 8; Lindeman 1871: 198; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1880: 11; 1882: 251; 1884: 33; Cherkunov 1889: 192; Rybiński 1903b: 152; Łomnicki 1905: 81; Penecke 1928: 377; Pyatakova 1930: 333; Medvedev 1950b: 71; Medvedev et al. 1953: 24; Nemyrovska 1954: 91; Globova 1958: 167; Medvedev 1963: 77; Wanat 1987: 318; Mazur 2002: 240; Nazarenko & Kravchenko 2002: 39; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 54].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa, Middle Asia) ( Caldara 2013b)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka , S. Medvedev leg., 02.vi.1952 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv, Dokuchaeva , on willow, N. Yunakov leg., 17.vii.1999 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 9 km SW Zmiiv, Bespalovskaya forest research station, on willows near water, Shapiro leg., 15.v.1950 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) env. Hola Prystan, Kardashinskoe swamp, meadow, on willows, S. Medvedev leg., 07.vi.1951 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) env . Kyiv, Pushcha-Voditsa , 27.iv.1918 ;

Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NNE Luhansk, env. of Nizhneteploe, Siverskyi Donets River , swamp, on Alnus, S. Medvedev leg., 31.v.1953 ; 1 spec. ( SKC) Diakovo, S . V. Konovalov leg., 31.v.1999 .

Biology. Forests, floodplains. Adults occur in IV–VII. On deciduous trees, shrubs ( Mazur 2002).

Notes. It is often confused with extremely similar T. pseudostigma . Records may refer to a mixture of both species.