Lixus (Broconius) rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 391

Lixus (Broconius) rubicundus Zoubkoff

Lixus rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833

Lixus flavescens Boheman, 1835

Records. CRI ČER ČNG DNI DON* KHE* KHM KRO* KYI LUG* MYK* ODE POL SUM* TER ZAP* [Łomnicky 1877: 152, 1884: 31; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Penecke 1928; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Mazur 2002: 232; Gromenko, Pyshkin & Puzanov 2007: 23–24].

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

Material examined. 93 specimens ( ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUK, NSPU, IMC) from 15 provinces were studied. Donetsk Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr., Tetyanivka, Donets River , Arnoldi leg., 17.vi.1938 ; spec. ( SIZK) Sloviansk Distr. , Bohorodichne, S. V. Volovnik leg., on Chenopodium urbicum , 22.vi.1983 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Lyman Distr. , Zakitne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 21.v.1983 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Novoazovsk Distr., Samsonove , Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 17.vi.1983 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Severodonetsk, right bank of Siversky Donets River, B. V. Volkov leg., 22.xii.1979 ; 4 spec. ( SIZK) Milove Distr., Striltsivskyi Step Nature Reserve, 24.v.1949 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Sverdlovsk Distr., Provalskyi Step Nature Reserve , 19.vi.1947 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Stanytsia Luhanska Distr., Nova Ilyenko, S. V. Volovnik leg., [vii.1983] .; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Sverdlovsk Distr., Provalye , Korolivsky Rocks, S. V. Volovnik leg., 2.vii.1983 ; 2 spec. ( SIZK) Bilovodsk Distr., Horodyshche, Derkul River floodland, 2.vi.1933 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Svatove, 5.vi.1953 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Bratske, Forestry, 2.vi.1955 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Snihurivka Distr., Svitla Dacha , V. K. Rafalskyj leg., 10.vi.1962 ;

Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sumy env., Benois leg., 1891; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. ( SIZK) Berdyansk, 15.vi.1941; 5 spec. ( SIZK) Zaporizhia, Khortitzya Island, on Chenopodium, S.V. Volovnik leg., 13.viii.1982; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir , Altagir forest , S. V . Volovnik leg., 2.vi.1980; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Rozyvka Distr. , Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, S. V . Volovnik leg., 14.vi.1983.

Biology. Secondary grasslands, forests, salty and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Chenopodium , Kochia , Suaeda , Anabasis spp.— Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) ( Behne 1981; Dieckmann 1983; Krivosheina 1975; Nikulina 1989; Volovnik 1994b).