Rhynchites (Epirhynchites) auratus (Scopoli)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 448

Rhynchites (Epirhynchites) auratus (Scopoli)

Curculio auratus Scopoli, 1763

Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [ Nowicki 1858: 18; 1864: 33; 1865: 33; Lindeman 1871: 314; Łomnicki 1884: 35; 1886: 235; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kulikowski 1897: 214; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 86; Penecke 1928: 384; Shapiro 1930: 144; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Medvedev 1950a: 42; 1950b: 71; 1950c: 93; 1953b: 1128; Arnoldi 1956: 287; Kryshtal 1956: 312; Tveritina 1956: 140; Kryshtal 1959: 73; Zelinskaya 1961: 27; Tveritina 1966: 51; Mazur 2002: 219; Globova 1958: 167; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Nazarenko et al. 2004: 69; Sumarokov 2009: 164].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle East, North Africa, Middle Asia) ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011c)

Material examined. Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( NSPU) Mena Distr. , Makoshino, E. V. Dmitrenko leg., 11.iv.2001 ; 1 spec. ( NSPU) Pryluky Distr. , Biloshapky, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 27.v. 1992 ; Crimea : 3 spec. ( KUMN) Yalta env., on Prunus spinosa, N. Yunakov leg., 06.v.1995 ; Donetsk Prov.: 4 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, D. V. Vovk leg., 21.v.1999 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove , Martynov leg., 25.vi.1988 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 10 km NNE Torez, Urochyshche Grabovo [= Hrabova Balka ], glade in forest, steppe, S. Medvedev leg., 29.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) 20 km NW Volodarske, Kamyani Mohyly Nature Reserve , Ivanova leg., 17.v.1998 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) N Volnovakha , Velykoanadolskyi Forest, D.S. Shapiro leg., 15.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov .: 3 spec. ( KUMN) 12 km NE Chuhuiv, env. of Pyatnitskoe , Pechenezhskoe Wildlife Service, Grubant leg., 05.vii.1964 ; 2 spec. ( KUMN) 15 km S Kharkiv, env. of Konstantovka [former Konstantinovka], Donets-Zakharzhevski leg. ; 3 spec. ( KUMN) 7 km S Zmiiv, Gaidary , Zolotarev leg., 07.vii.1977 ; 7 spec. ( KUMN) Pechenegi , Zolotarev leg., 1969 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) SEE env. of Kharkiv , Dokuchaeva, Yu.E. Skrylnik leg., 05–24.v.2004 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 17.v.1993 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) W env. Kharkiv , Ryzhov railway station, Fedorov leg., 11.vi.1928 ; 3 spec. ( KUMN) idem, Fedorov leg., 27.v.1928 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) W Kharkiv env., Lisopark, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 31.v.2004 ; 4 spec. ( KUMN) Izyum , Yu. Karpenko leg., 20–23.v.2009 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve , Antonenko leg., 25.vi.1991 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN) NE Hola Prystan , env. of Burkuty, Dnieper River delta, S. Medvedev leg., 01.vi.1951 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) 9 km W Krasnodon [=Sorokyne], Gornoe , Grebenjuk leg., vi.1995 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( KUMN) Pidmashanske , steppe, V.N. Gramma leg., 29.iv.1986

Biology. Forests, shrublands, gardens. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Rosaceae : Prunus spinosa , P. avium , P. cerasus , P. domestica , occasionally on Crataegus sp., Pyrus sp., Malus sp. ( Dieckmann 1974).