Lixus (Epimeces) cardui Olivier 1807

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 395-396

Lixus (Epimeces) cardui Olivier 1807

Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807

Curculio pollinosus Germar, 1817 [HN].

Records. CRI ČER ČRK* ČNG DNI DON KHE * KHM KHR KRO* LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL* SUM ZAK ZAP [ Chernay 1854: 244; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 36, 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1884: 31; Penecke 1928: 358; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Shapiro 1930: 142; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Kharakoz 1955: 160; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Globova 1958: 165; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Pavlyuk 2009: 60; Sumarokov 2009: 179; Mazur 2002: 231].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north); introduced to Australia ( Swirepik et al. 2008; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. 165 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, IMC) including: Cherkasy Prov .: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Horodyshche Distr., Mlyiv, 25.vi.1921 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Kanyv, Bilyashivsky gully, N.D. Globova leg., 9.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Kanyv Distr. , Besarabia, N.D. Globova leg., 1.vi.1948 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Zvenyhorodka Distr. , Murzyntsi, V. A. Karavayev leg.; Chernihiv Prov .: 2 spec. ( ZMUM) Varva Distr., Bohdany, A.N. Bolbas leg., 7.vi.1998 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kherson, G.A. Romanov, 20–30.iv.1934 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Tsyurupinsk , I. V. Maltzev leg., 28.v1959 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) idem, on Onopordum , 15.vi.1962 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Oleshky, D. Znoyko, 5.v.1924 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Velyka Lepetykha Distr. , windbreak near Kakhovske reservoir, 28.vi.1965 ; 3 spec. ( SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, on Onopordum acanthium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 15.vii.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Tsyurupinsk Distr. , Radensk, Forestry, S. V. Volovnik leg., 17.v.1982; 1m , 1f ( SIZK) Bilozerka Distr. , Olexandrivka, marine coast, in copula, S. V. Volovnik leg., 23.v.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Skadovsk env., S. V. Volovnik leg., 19.v.1982 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Dobrovelichkivka , S. V. Volovnik leg., 15.vii.1983 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 5 spec. ( SIZK) Mykolayiv Distr., Starobohdanivka, Petrenko leg., 7.v1978 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Mykolayiv Distr., Kuripchyno, M. Nesterov leg., 25.v.1980 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Nova Odesa Distr. , Sebeno, S. V. Volovnik leg., 25.v.1982 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 27.vi.1926; ( ZIN) idem., 5vi.1925 ; 4 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., v.1922 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem., 28.x.1922 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem., 16.v1923 .

Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VII. Oligophagous on Onopordum spp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Batra et al. 1981; Briese et al. 2004; Briese 1996b).