Lixus (Eulixus) punctirostris Boheman, 1843

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 398-399

Lixus (Eulixus) punctirostris Boheman

Lixus punctirostris Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON KHR KYI LUG POL VOL ZAK ZAP ŽIT* [ Penecke 1923: 185, 1928: 358; Volovnik 2007: 525; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Volovnik et al. 2015].

Distribution. SE Europa ( Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zvenihorodka Distr. , Gusakovo, 15.v.1922 ; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Snovsk Distr. , Chervony Dolzhyk, V.N. Pavlyuk leg., 1.ix.2004 ; Crimea : 1 spec. ( SIZK) Simferopol , Salgir River, 10.v.1925 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Svatove , 10.vi.1953 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Petrovskoye Distr. , Protopopivka, 20.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Izyum Distr. , Zavody, V. Vedmederya leg., 18.v.1987 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv env., 17.iv ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Uzin , 27.v.1922 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr , G. Proschiga leg., 25.vi.1923 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 28.iv.1930 [or 1936].; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Priazovske Distr. , Molochnyi Lyman, Oleksandrivska Spit, 21.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) idem, on Crambe, S.V. Volovnik leg., 4.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Molochnyi Lyman , Podkova Island, Volovnik leg., 21.vi.1980 .

Biology. Coastal habitats, xerothermic slopes, roadsides. Adults occur in V–VII. Imago feeds on Berteroa incana (Brassicaceae) ( Lukjanovitch 1930).

Notes. Record from Podolia Upland ( Mazur 2002) is provisionally adopted here to province level: IFR KHM LWI TER VIN.