Asproparthenis vexata (Gyllenhal)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 365

Asproparthenis vexata (Gyllenhal)

Bothynoderes vexata Gyllenhal, 1834

Records. CRI ČRK* DON* KHE KHR* KRO* LUG ODE* POL* SUM* ZAP* ŽIT* [ Gyllenhal 1834: 240; Lindeman 1871: 285; Medvedev 1953b: 1128; Arnoldi 1956: 312].

Distribution. SE Europe, West Asia, East Palaearctic (excluding north) ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013; Legalov 2010).

Material examined. 79 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC, SSC, YKC) from 11 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov. : 3 spec. ( SIZK) Zvenyhorodka Distr., Murzyntsi ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Chyhyryn Distr. , V. Luchnik leg. ; 2 spec. ( ZMUM) Kaniv A. Kryshtal leg., 5.vi.1948 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Pershotravneve Distr., Bilosarayska Spit, in pitfall trap, Martynov leg., 18.vi.1999 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Lozova Distr. , Orelka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 11.v.1982 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( IMC) Kirovohrad, 21.v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Znamenka, I. Maltsev leg., 9.v.1951 ; Odesa Prov.: 1spec. ( ZIN) Kuyalnitskyi Lyman, 18.ix.1927 ; 1spec. ( ZIN) Hadjibeyskyi Lyman near Odessa, D. Znoiko leg., 6.v.1928 ; 1spec. ( ZIN) Kuyalnitzkyi Lyman, 18.ix.1927 ; 1spec. ( ZIN) Odessa, 24.iii.1927 ; 2spec. ( ZIN) Odessa, Kuyalnitsky Lyman, 4.vi.1922; 1 m ( IMC) Odessa, Kuyalnytskyi , 11.v.1947 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Ivanivka Distr., Severinovka, among Salsola, S. Blinstein leg., 4.vi.1968 ; 3 spec. ( IMC) Odessa, Zastava-1 railway station, I. Maltsev leg., 22.iv.1946 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kiliya Distr. , primary steppe, 17.viii.1951 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kiliya salt marsh, 13.v.1951 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kiliya, Danube floodplain, 5.vii.1951 ;

Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kremenchugsky Distr. , Kamyany Potoki, Savchenko leg., 5.vii.1948 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Pir [yatin], 5.vii.1913 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar leg., 12.viii.1928 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Obitochna Spit , I.I. Vlasov leg., 18.vi.1978 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Novoalexeyevka , vineyard, 25.vi.1962 ; 3 spec. ( SSC) Akimovka Distr. , upper of Utlyuk Lyman, S.I. Suchkov leg., 25–30.iv.2012 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, Proschiga leg., 1.vi.1920 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 13.vi.1923 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 11.vi.1928 .

Biology. Marine coasts, sands, saltmarshes. Adults occur in III–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) .

Note. Finding of A. vexata in Podolia Upland ( Mazur 2002) marks its western range limit.