Curculio elephas (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 : 201

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3801266
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scientific name	Curculio elephas (Gyllenhal)
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Curculio elephas (Gyllenhal) View in CoL

Balaninus elephas Gyllenhal 1836

Records. CRI ČER KYI LUG* LWI ZAK ZAP* [ Lindeman 1871: 198; Łomnicki 1884: 32; Hormuzaki 1888: 153; Roubal 1941: 190; Ter-Minasian 1956: 425; Zagajkevich 1958: 72; Mazur 2002: 227].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding Middle Asia, West Siberia) ( Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 29 spec. ( SIZK), Miskhor, at light, 7.ix.1984 ; 9 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 11.ix.1984 ; 1f ( KUMN) Bakhchisarai Distr., Preduschelnoye , 44.707157°N 33.872209°E, V. Shaporinsky leg., 26.viii.2009 GoogleMaps ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Cape Martyan Nature Reserve , N 44.51076° E 34.24086°, mediterranean forest, beating from Quercus pubescens, N. Yunakov leg., 6.ix.2013 GoogleMaps ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( IKC) Antratsyt Distr., Mykytivka , N48.335556, E38.896389, A. Zhalov, V. Mushynskyi leg., 17–18.vii.2012 GoogleMaps ; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK), Vinpogradovo, Chernaya Gora, E. Tereznikova leg., 11.viii.1957 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Uzhhorod , V. M. Ermolenko leg., 16.ix.1993 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( IKC) Melitopol , 46.833333°, 35.366667°, I. V. Kovalev leg., 24.vii.2014 ; 2 spec. ( IKC) Primorsk Distr. 3 km SE Azov, 46.772333°, 36.482436°, A. V. Zhakov, I. V. Kovalev leg., 15.viii.2009 ; 2 spec. ( IKC) Zaporizhia Distr., Nyzhnya Khortitsya, I. V. Kovalev leg., 27.vii.2012 ; 1 spec. ( IKC) Melitopol Distr., Myrne , N46.950211°, E35.443057° A. V. Zhakov, S. Kozlov, I. V. Kovalev leg., 27.viii.2011 GoogleMaps ; 2 spec. ( IKC) ibidem, 20.viii.2014 ; 1 spec. ( IKC) Yakymivka Distr., Myrne , N46.715188°, E35.269029°, bank of Tashchenak River, I. V. Kovalev leg., 6.viii.2013 GoogleMaps .

Biology. Forests. Adults occur in VII–X. Oligophagous on Fagaceae : Castanea vesca , Quercus robur , Q. ilex , Q. cerris ( Ter-Minasian 1956; Dieckmann 1988) and Q. pubescens .