Rhinoscythropus vespertilio (Faust)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 310

Rhinoscythropus vespertilio (Faust)

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Phyllobius vespertilio Faust, 1884

Phyllobius vespertilio quercetorum L. Arnoldi 1965

Records. CRI DON LUG [ Arnoldi et al. 1965: 522; Yunakov 2003c: 374].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, Turkey

Material examined. Crimea: 9 f ( ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, W slope of Karagaç Mt.Range , Cherny Ovrag, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.2010; 37 f ( ZMUN) idem, 30.v.2010; 9 f ( ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve, S slope of Sürü-Kaya Mt. , N. Yunakov leg., 30.v.2010; 1 f ( KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve, N. Yunakov leg., 22.v.2010; 6 f ( KUMN) Simferopol Distr., Kessler's forest [Kesslersky Les] , N. Yunakov leg., 18.vi.2010; 1 f ( ZIN) Simferopol env ., A. Bazhenov leg., 10.vi.1899; 2 f ( ZIN) Alushta Distr., 3 km N of Heneralske [= Ulu Özen], Orta- Özen River bassin, Vtoroi Fontan source , N. Yunakov leg., 28.vi.2002; Donetsk Prov.: 1 f ( ZIN) Sloviansk Distr., Bohorodichne, Chistyakova A.K. leg., 26.vi.1964; 3 f ( ZIN) near Grabove, Grabovaya Balka, K. Arnoldi leg., 19.vi.1958 ; Luhansk Prov.: 3 f ( ZIN) 6 km SSE of Bilovodsk, Gorodische env., Derkulskaya Forestry station K. Arnoldi leg., 24.vi.1950; 1 f ( ZIN) Donleskhoz , Girne, K. Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1953 .

Biology. Mediterraneand and deciduous forests, shrublands. Adults occur in IV–VI. Polyphagous, mostly on Quercus spp.