Bothynoderes declivis (Olivier)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 366

Bothynoderes declivis (Olivier)

Lixus declivis Olivier, 1807

Records. CRI ČRK* ČNG DNI DON KHE KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE POL ZAK ZAP* [Carte 1856: 277; Lindeman 1871: 313; Nowicky 1864: 34; 1873: 35; Łomnicky 1884: 31; Cherkunov 1888: 43; Pliginsky 1916: 351; Roubal 1941: 166; Volovnik 1989: 87; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Sumarokov 2009: 176].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa and North Asia) ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013; Silfverberg 2011)

Material examined. 66 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, ZMUM, NSPU, IMC SKC) from 12 provinces were studied. Cherkasy Prov. : 3 spec. ( ZMUK) Kanivsky Distr., Hamarnya, A.F. Kryshtal leg., 7.vi.1948 ; 1 spec. ( ZMUK) Smila Distr. , 8.v.1953 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Voznesensk Distr. , Shcherbany, S. V. Volovnik leg., 25.iv.1983 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Voznesensk, railway side near rice research station, 2.vi.1966 ;

Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Odessa, Peresyp , I. Maltsev leg., 26.iv.1938 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Tatarbunary Distr. , Raseyka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 10.viii.1983 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 4 spec. ( SIZK) Obitochna Spit, under bush (1 spec) and in the root galls (3 spec) on Salsola tragus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 25.viii.1982 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, Altagir forest , S. V. Volovnik leg., 9.vii.1979 ; 1 spec. ( SSC) Melitopol Distr. , env. of Mordvinovka, S.I. Suchkov leg., 23.iv.2000 .

Biology. Sands and salty habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) Salsola and Kochia . Larva develops in root gall. ( Lukjanovitch 1930; Krivosheina 1975; Volovnik 1989).