Pseudocleonus (Pseudocleonus) cinereus (Schrank)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 377

Pseudocleonus (Pseudocleonus) cinereus (Schrank)

Curculio cinereus Schrank, 1781

Curculio costatus Fabricius, 1787

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* DON* IFR KHA* KHE* KHM KHR KRO* KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL SUM TER VIN * ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [ Chernay 1854: 241; Carte 1858: 277; Nowicki 1858: 17, 1864: 34, 1873: 35; Łomnicki 1875: 176, 1886: 205; Cherkunov 1889: 43; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; Penecke 1928: 357; Shapiro 1930: 141; Arnoldi 1956: 287, 296, 333, 334; Krishtal 1956: 317; Tveritina 1956: 137; Globova 1958: 164; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Nazarenko 2009b: 45].

Distribution. Palearctic (excluding north and Far East) ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 130 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, ZMUM, IMC, SKC, YKC) from 20 provinces were studied. Dnipro Prov .: 1 spec. ( ZMUM) Yekaterinoslav [=Dnipro]. B. Ilyin leg., 15.v.1920 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Horlivka, 1962 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove, Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, L. V. Kozlova, 13.vi.1973 ; 1 spec. ( SKC) Torez, 18.vi.2006 ; 1 spec. ( SKC) Torez, 25.v.2006 ; Kharkiv Distr.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., Nesterivka , V. Gorbunov leg., 5.vi.1997 , in Marmota bobak burrow; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Izyum Distr., Zavody , V. Vedmederya leg., 18.v.1987 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Dergachy Distr., Solonytsivka, K. Nadein leg., 17.v.1997 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Zolochyv, A. Bartenev leg., 2.x.1987 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaydary, N. Yunakov leg., 22.vii.1997 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) Izyum, Kremenets Mount., A. Drogvalenko leg., 7.v.1995 ; 10 spec. ( KUMN) Zmiiv Distr., Vodyane, A. Shekhovtsov leg., 22.v.2009 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv, Pyatikhatki, Yar , Yu. Guglya leg., 3.v.2014 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( IMC) Bylozerka Distr., Daryivka, I. Maltsev leg., 10.v.1956 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Hola Pristan, I. Maltsev leg., 13.vi.1956 ; 1 spec. ( IKC) Oleshky Distr., Chelburda , 46.619444°, 32.944722°, sands, I. V. Kovalev, 23–25. iv.2011 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov. : 1 spec. ( IMC) Kropyvnytskyi Distr., Velyka Viska, 16.v ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Ochakiv Distr., Porutino, on Carduus thoermeri, S.V. Volovnik leg., 24.v.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Pervomajsky Distr., Kuripchino, L.S. Nadvornaya, 14.viii.1982 ; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Novosanzhary Distr., Svitlivshchyna , 49°12´N, 34° 33´E, N. Polchaninova leg., 28.v–13.vi.2014 ; 3 spec. ( ZMUM) Shishaky Distr., Yareski, D. Malyshev & A. Malyshev, 18.v.1912 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Poltava, Sakhotin leg., 30.vi.1971 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Poltava env., meadow near Vorskla River , 22.v.1967 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Sumy Distr., environs of Vakalovshchina , N. Polchaninova leg., pitfall trap, 8.v–14.vi.2013 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar leg., 23.vii.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUN) Sumy Distr., Mogritsya , V. V. Parkhomenko leg., 29.iv.2001 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Lededyn Distr., Mikhaylovskaya Steppe Reserve, 30.v.1949 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( FRC) 5 km S from Zaporizhia, S. Alexeenko leg., 10.v. 2003 .

Biology. Forest steppe. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Asteraceae , namely Centaurea sp. ( Scherf 1964: 141) and Leontodon saxatilis Lam. ( Dieckmann 1983: 319) .Larva inhabits in the root galls.