A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Author Yunakov, Nikolai Author Nazarenko, Vitalij Author Filimonov, Rostislav Author Volovnik, Semyon text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-06 4404 1 1 494 journal article 22804 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1 1416a8a0-adc9-486b-b88d-52328522c85b 1175-5326 3766751 30009F6B-B87F-4955-85E1-A0159C2A73A2 Larinus ( Phyllonomeus ) sturnus (Schaller) Curculio sturnus Schaller, 1783 Records. CRI* ČER ČNG ČRK* DNI DON IFR KHM KHR KRO KYI* LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL RIV SUM TER VIN * VOL* ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [ Chernay 1854: 244 ; Belke 1859a: 53 ; Łomnicki 1870: 81 ; 1875: 176 , 1884: 31 ; Nowicky 1873: 35; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250 ; Penecke 1928: 358 ; Shapiro 1930: 142 ; Roubal 1941: 161 ; Medvedev 1953a: 77 ; Kharakoz 1955: 158 ; Tveritina 1956: 137, 143; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305 ; Volovnik 1996: 319; Kubisz et al . 1998: 269 ; Barsov et al. 1998: 150 ; Mazur 2002: 231 ; Nazarenko 2009a: 42 , 2009b: 500 ]. Distribution. West Palearctic (excluding north) ( Gültekin & Fremuth 2013 ). Material examined. 152 specimens ( ZIN , SIZK , KUMN , ZMUM ) from 19 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov. : 4 spec. ( ZMUM ) Kaniv , on Carduus , 14.vi.1955 ; Crimea : 2 spec. ( KUMN ) Koktebel , A. Shekhovtsov leg., 11.vii.2009 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Crimean Nature Reserve , Svitla Polyana SHQ , Shatrovsky leg., 18.vi.1980 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN ) Bakhchisaray , Bohate Canyon , A. Shekhovtsov leg., 3.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Khyr-Alan Mt. Range near Yalta , Alma River valley , 24.vi.1956 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK ) Bilohirsk Distr. , Bila Skelya, S. V . Volovnik , 18.v.1983 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Alushta , Kastel Mt., N. Kuznetsov , 2.vi.1900 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Simferopol , A. Bazhenov leg., 31.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUM ) Artek , L. Semyonovykh , v.1939 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Yalta Forestry , 14.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Feodosia Distr. , foothill of Agarmish Mt. near Stary Krym , 10.vi.1957 ; Kyiv Prov. : 3 spec. ( ZMUK ) Zhulyany , 6.vi.1974 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Irpin , Dirsch leg., 9.vii.1925 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Brovary Distr. , Zavorychi, L. V . Vasylyev leg., 19–25.vii.1977 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Boyarka , 17.vi.1912 ; Mykolaiv Prov. : 2 spec. ( SIZK ) Voznesensk Distr. , Olexandrivka , left bank of Yuzhny Buh River, S. V . Volovnik leg., 25.v.1982 ; Vinnytsia Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Zhmerinka Distr. , Noskivtsy , Jacentkowski leg., 10.vi.1903 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Mohyliv-Podilskyi Distr. , Doroshiv , forest, 19.vi.1965 ; Volyn Prov. : 2 spec. ( ZIN ) Lutsk Distr. , Olsufyev ; Zhytomyr Prov. : 12 spec. ( SIZK ) Zhytomyr , Proschiga leg., 1.x.1921 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Zhytomyr , Proschiga leg., 30.v.1922 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Zhytomyr , Proschiga leg., 4.ix.1921 ; Zaporizhia Prov. : 1 spec. ( FRC ) 5 km S from Zaporizhia , S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v. 2003 . Biology. Humid ruderal and forest habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Carduus , Cirsium Centaurea , Arctium spp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Batra et al . 1971; Volovnik 1996a ; Skuhrovec & Gosik 2011 ).