Lixus (Compsolixus) albomarginatus Boheman

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 392

Lixus (Compsolixus) albomarginatus Boheman

Lixus albomarginatus Boheman, 1842

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON* KHE KHM KHR* KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL SUM VOL ZAP ŽIT [Dieckman 1980: 210; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 231; Pavlyuk 2009: 61; Sumarokov 2009: 178; Kravchenko 2010: 60; Volovnik 2012b: 585].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) ( Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 42 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, NSPU) from 11 provinces were studied. Crimea : 1 spec. ( KUMN) Sevastopol City, 20–22.iv. (19) 24; 1 spec. 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., Salhir River valley , 17.vii.1999; Donetsk Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk, pinery, sands, Arnoldi leg., 10.vi.1937 ;

Kherson Prov.: 1spec. ( SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Chumakovka, M. Goncharenko leg., 10.viii.1951 ; 1spec. ( SIZK) Hola Pristan Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, A.A. Petrusenko, 6.viii.1974 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) environs of Kharkiv, F. Shperk leg., 1929; 4 spec ( KUMN) Krasnokutsk Distr., Kostyantynivka, D.A. Donets- Zakharzhevsky leg.; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv, Communa park, D. Shapiro leg., 8.ix.1932 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr. , 10 km SSW Milove platform, V. Perepechaenko leg., 27.v.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., environs of Vasischeve platform, 4.v.1910 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) Velikyi Burluk Distr., Nesterivka , T. Zhebina leg., 4.vii.2012 ; Odesa Prov.: 5 spec. ( SIZK) Tarutyno Distr., Lisne, M. Goncharenko leg., 12.vii.1961 ; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1spec. ( SIZK) Zhytomyr, G. Proschiga leg., 16.v.1922 ; 1spec. ( SIZK) idem, 19.viii.1922 ; 2spec. ( SIZK) idem, 12.vi.1923 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) idem, 25.vi.1923 .

Biology. Xerothermic, coastal, sandy and ruderal habitats. Beetles occure in IV–X. Oligophagous on Reseda (Resedaceae) , Erysimum , Sisymbrium , Cakile (Brassicaceae) (Diekmann 1980; Volovnik 1996b)

Notes. Multiple records of L. ascanii in Ukraine (Łomnicky 1884; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Belke 1859a; Lukjanovitch 1928; Shapiro 1930; Tveritina 1956; Globova 1958) are based on misidentified specimens of L. albomarginatus or L. ochraceus (for modern species identity see Dieckmann 1980b).