Melicius cylindrus (Boheman)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 174-175

Melicius cylindrus (Boheman)

Rhyncolus cylindrus Boheman, 1838

Records. CRI DON* KHE KHR* KYI LUG LWI ZAK ZAP* ŽIT [ Belke 1866: 504; Roubal 1941: 172; Lukjanovich& Arnoldi 1951: 559; Folwaczny 1973: 154 ( Phloeophagus ); Mazur 2002: 236 ( Phloeophagus ); Nazarenko2012d: 191].

Distribution. Central and South-East Europe, Mediterranean Region, Caucasus, Central Asia.

Material examined. Crimea: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Belbek , V. Kizeritsky leg., 1922; Donetsk Prov .: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Sloviansk Distr. , Yasenevoye, L. Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1939 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Sloviansk Distr. , Yarovaya, L. Arnoldi leg., 18.vi.1939 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Sloviansk Distr. , Tat'yanovka, L. Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1938 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) Sloviansk Distr. , Bannoye, L. Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) 23 km SE Balakleya, Protopopivka env., mixed forest, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 27.vi.2000 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Izyum , A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 15.viii.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 12 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 17 km SE of Oleshky, Radenskoye Forestry , under bark of Robinia pseudoacacia, Nadvorny leg., 24.viii.1981 ; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv , Kozachyi Island, in Populus sp., 11.viii.2009 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv , Obolonskyi (Obolonska Kosa) Island, pitfall trap near Populus sp., A.A. Petrenko, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 26.v–16.vi.2011 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. ( FRC) Zaporizhia , S. Alexeenko leg., 25.v.–15.vi.2007 ; 1 spec. ( FRC) Khortytsia Island , S. Alexeenko leg., 20.v.2004 .

Biology. Floodplains and mixed forests. Adults occur in IV–IX. In dead wood of deciduous and coniferous trees.