Choragus sheppardi Kirby

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3800893
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scientific name	Choragus sheppardi Kirby
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Choragus sheppardi Kirby, 1819

Records. CRI* DON* KHR* LUG* [first record].

Distribution. Europe ( Tryzna & Valentine 2011).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Bilohirsk, Karasevka , I. Maltsev leg., 25.vi.1980 . 1 spec. ( KUMN) Çatir Dağ Mt. Range , middle plateau, 1000 m, Bin-Bash-Koba cave env., Fagus forest, under bark, N. Yunakov leg., 22.vi.2003 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Donetsk, on dead Salix, Trikhleb leg., 8.viii.2000 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv, Lisopark , under bark of pear tree, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vi.1998 ; Luhansk Prov: 3 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km SSE Sorokyne [=Krasnodon], Provalskyi Step Nature Reserve , Trikhleb leg., 5.vii.2000 .

Biology. Nemoral and mixed forests. Adults occur in IV–VIII. Polyphagous on Sordariomycetes (Ascomycota) fungi associated with dead wood of deciduous trees; larva develops in pycnidia. It is documented on Diatrype stigma . ( Diatrypaceae ) ( Cymorek 1963; Lompe 2001; Olberg et al. 2015).