Taphrotopium (Taphrotopium) sulcifrons (Herbst)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 47

Taphrotopium (Taphrotopium) sulcifrons (Herbst)

Apion sulcifrons Herbst, 1797

Records. CRI ČNG* IFR KHE* KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE SUM TER ZAP* [ Nowicki 1864: 33; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 233; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; 1965a: 9; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Solodovnikova & Peeva 1978: 77; Wanat 1995: 98; Mazur 2002: 222; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 158; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 18].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Kazakhstan, West Siberia ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( NSPU) Sosnytsia District, Khlopianyky env., dry meadow, sweeping, V. V. Kavurka leg., 17.vii.2004 ; 1 spec. (Kizub Collection) Ichnia env., I. V. Kizub leg., 20–21.viii.2005 ; Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve , pasture, L. Zelinskaya leg., 9.vii.1987 ; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Teterev, 13.vii.1917 ;

Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( GC) Kinburn spit, Pokrovski Khutora, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 28.vi.2005 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest , pitfall trap, E.I. Patsenker leg., 8.viii.1989 ; 1 spec. ( SVC) Yakymivka Distr. , Altagir, lake shore, E.I. Patsenker leg., 4.vii.1988 ;

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, sandy and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX ( Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae : Artemisia campestris ( Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995; Mazur 2002); A. santonicum , Centaurea scabiosa , Tanacetum millefolium ( Solodovnikova 1963a) .