Mecorhis (Pseudomechoris) aethiops (Bach)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 445-446

Mecorhis (Pseudomechoris) aethiops (Bach)

Rhynchites aethiops Bach, 1854

Rhynchites planirostris Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI ČER DON IFR KHM KHR KYI LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ŽIT [ Nowicki 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Łomnicki 1866: 7; Lindeman 1871: 314; Nowicki 1873: 36; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1886: 235; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 213; Łomnicki 1905: 86; Lazorko 1938a: 7; Lavrukh 1971: 24; Solodovnikova & Pejeva 1978: 76; Mazur 2002: 219; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122].

Distribution. Europe (excluding north), Asia Minor ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 16 km NW Yalta, Zahirske reservoir, forest glade, V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 23.vi.1957 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) idem, N slope of hill, forest glade, S. Medvedev leg., 27.vi.1957 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) 16 km S Bilohirsk, Krasnoselovka env., S. Medvedev leg., 14.vi.1957 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) idem, jajla near Krasnoselovka, S. Medvedev leg., 17.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 17 km N Sudak, Grushevka env., Belaya Gora Mt. , glade near forest, V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 11.vi.1957 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) idem, N slope, oak forest, S. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 17 km NE Alushta, Rybache env., foothills, S. Medvedev leg., 11.vi.1956 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) 25 km E Simferopol , env. of Mizhhiria, A.F. Bartenev leg., 29.vi.1985 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) idem, Burulcha River , V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 19.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 9 km NNW Sudak, Lesnoeenv., Sudak Forestry , glade in forest, S. Medvedev leg., 07.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Nikitskaya Yaila Mt. Range , sweeping, S. Medvedev leg., 20.vi.1956 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve , gradual slope, meadow, Levchinskaya leg., 29.vii.1948 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary , 09.vi.1978 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, 04.vii.1974 .

Biology. Meadows, shrublands. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Helianthemum hirsutum , H. nummularium (Cistaceae) , Fragaria spp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Lazorko 1938a; Lavrukh 1971; Dieckmann 1974)