Donus geminus (Zaslavskij)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 348

Donus geminus (Zaslavskij)

Hypera gemina Zaslavskij, 1967

Records. CRI [ Zaslavskij 1967: 238–239; Nazarenko 1994b: 50; Yunakov & Nazarenko 2003: 97; Nazarenko 2009: 49; 2014a: 348].

Distribution. Endemic to Crimea ( Skuhrovec 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( KUMN) [CR-10-79]. Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range, SW slope of Kol-Bair Mt. under Potentilla sp.montane steppe, N. Yunakov leg., 11.vi.2010 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUSK) Kazantip , V. G. Dolin leg., 17.vi.1972 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUSK) Bilohirsk, Belaja Skala , N.D. Globova leg., 27.v.1966 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yaltinskaya Yaila Mt. Range , pass Kuchuk-Uzenbash-Bogaz, 1 km SE Olmeskhyr Mt., 1300 m, mountain steppes, under stone, N. Yunakov leg., 9.vi.2001 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) road to Ai-Petri Mt. Range , under stones, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.iv.2002 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) mature larvae, road to Ai-Petri Mt. , on Psephellus sp., 44°29´43.9˝ N, 34°02´06.8˝ E, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 22.iv.2002 .

Biology. Mountain slopes, meadows. Adults occur in IV–VI. Oligophagous on Asteraceae : Psephellus declinatus , Centaurea sp. and Jurinea sordida . In laboratory on Centaurea spp. (Nazarenko 2009)

Notes. Morphological characters and biological features suggest that D. geminus is a subspecies of D. bucovinensis .