Mecinus pirazzolii (Stierlin)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 221

Mecinus pirazzolii (Stierlin)

Gymnetron pirazzolii Stierlin, 1867

Records. CRI DON* KHE* KHR* LUG* POL* ŽIT ZAP* [ Roubal 1926: 244; Nazarenko 2013a: 109].

Distribution. Central and Southerrn Europe, Asia Minor, Levant ( Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( HNHM) Eupatoria, Jakovlev leg., 08.vi.1907 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) Saky, 28.vii.1966 ; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Netrius, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1940 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yaseneve, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 1.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Banne, Siverskyi Donets River , Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 14.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yarova, Siverskyi Doniets River , Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1938 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 8.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarskoye, Kamennyje Mogily Nature Reserve , Babicheva leg., 02.vi.1972 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zmiiv, Arnoldi leg., 22.viii.1932 ; Kherson Prov.: 3 spec. ( KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division , V. S. Solodovnikova leg., 07.vi.1965 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Oleshki, sands, S.I. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1930 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Starobelsk, Silantjev leg., 19.v.1898 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 19.vii.1927 ; 6 spec. ( ZIN) Olkhovaya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 7.ix.1928 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Provallya , Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 20.v.1928 ; 3 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 7.vii.1929 ; Poltava Prov.: 3 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 19.vi.1910 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Yakymivka Distr. , Altagir, forest, E.I. Patsenker leg., 18.vii.1988 .

Biology. Sands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–IX. On Plantago arenaria (Plantaginaceae) ( Smreczyński 1976; Lohse & Tischler 1983; Caldara & Fogato 2013).