Otiorhynchus (Podoropelmus) albidus Stierlin, 1861

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 297

Otiorhynchus (Podoropelmus) albidus Stierlin

Otiorhynchus albidus Stierlin, 1861

Otiorhynchus strictipennis Magnano, 1999

Records. CRI KHE KRO (i) ODE ZAP* [ Arnoldi et al. 1965: 508; Yunakov 2003c: 303].

Distribution. Balkans, Black Sea regions, Caucasus; introduced to Austria (Vienna) and Germany (Magdeburg).

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 2f ( ZIN) Odesa, fruit garden, V.N. Tsvetkova leg., 15.vi.1946; 1f ( ZIN) near Luzanovka, D. Znoiko leg., 25.v.1892 ; Crimea : 1 f KUMN Eupatoria Distr., Eupatoria env., Bartenev A.F. leg., 23.v.1989 ; 1 f ( ZMUN) Sevastopol Distr., Sevastopol env., Fiolent Cape, Marusik Yu.M. leg., 16.iii.2002 ; 1 f ( KUMN) Sevastopol Distr., Sevastopol env., Kamyshovaya Bay. I.P. Moskalets leg., 11.vii.2008 ; 3f ( ZIN) Nikita env., Cape of Martian Nature Reserve , Yunakov leg., 17.v.2001 ; 7 f ( KUMN) idem, 22.v.2010 ; 13 f ( KUMN) idem, 18.v.2012 ; 1 f ( ZMUN) Simferopol Distr., Kesslersky Les, N. Yunakov leg., 08.vi.2010 ; Kherson Prov. : 1f ( ZIN) Kherson, S. Chistikov leg., 18.viii.1972 ; 1 f KUMN 50 km SE Kakhovka, Askania-Nova Nature Reserve , I.P. Lezhenina leg., 18.v.1984 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov. : 1 f KUMN 20 km NEE of Dolinskaya, Veselye Bokovenki, S.I. Medvedev leg., 30.v.1955 ; 1 f ( KUMN) idem, 31.v.1955 ; 3f ( ZIN) idem, steppe, V. I. Talicki leg., 30.v.1965 ;

Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. ( SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir , forest, on Ulmus, E.I. Patsenker leg., 7.vii.1988 .

Biology. Submontane and lowland xerothermic bushlands, semidry broadleaf forests and Mediterranean forests. Parthenogenetic in most parts of the areal; males occur in Greece. Beetles nocturnal, occur in V–VII. Polyphagous.

Note. Bisexual form described from Crimea as O. strictipennis Magnano, 1999 . No males were found in all studied collection afterwards.Originaly related to Mediterranean forests and transitional biomes. According to original data it is a subject of introduction with cultivated plants and probably planting substrates in Central Europe. In two occasions (2011 and 2013) was detected in urban park area of Vienna ( Austria).During vegetation seasons 2011–2015 O. albidus was abundant in Magdeburg-Reform (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) on various cultivated plants in suburban gardens. In 1955 and 1965 it was found in Veselye Bokovenki arboretum (Kirivograd province) that is northernmost Ukrainian finding as known so far.