Ceratapion (Ceratapion) gibbirostre (Gyllenhal)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 42

Ceratapion (Ceratapion) gibbirostre (Gyllenhal)

Curculio cyaneus DeGeer, 1775 [HN]

Apion gibbirostre Gyllenhal, 1813

Apion carduorum : auct. [MI] not Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI ČER IFR KHM KHR* LUG LWI ODE POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [ Schoenherr 1839: 385; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 230; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991: 507; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Wanat 1995: 280; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 155].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Russian Far East, North Africa ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Eupatoria , V. E. Yakovlev leg., 25.iii.1902 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol , Pawliwski leg., 13.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Bodrak , Simferopol env., Pawlowski leg., v.1911 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Mshatka , K. Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1948 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Gurzuf , Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1948 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv Distr. , Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 2.vi.1916 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Vovchansk , V.N. Rodzyanko leg., 21.viii.1896 ;

Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 8.viii.1908 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1911 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Starobelski uchastok, Silantjev leg., 20.viii.1897 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.viii.1897 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 18.v.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1928 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 16.viii.1929 ; 9 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 20.ix.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Provallya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 29.viii.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 1.ix.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 29.viii.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 30.viii.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Belovodsk, G.E. Davidian leg., 7.viii.1989 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Streleckaya Steppe, G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Khadzhider Lyman, N45.878056, E29.981389, D. Znoiko leg., 26.vi.1927 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Lukjanovitch leg., 21.ix.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 23.ix.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 25.ix.1925 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in IV–X ( Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae : Carduus acanthoides ( Dieckmann 1977; Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995); Cynara scolymus ( Dieckmann 1977) ; Carduus crispus , C. nutans , C. pycnocephalus , Centaurea diffusa , C. jacea , C. solstitialis , Cirsium arvense , C. vulgare , Picnomon acarna , Silybum marianum ( Alonso-Zarazaga 1991; Wanat 1995).