Pleurocleonus quadrivittatus (Zoubkoff)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 375

Pleurocleonus quadrivittatus (Zoubkoff)

Cleonus quadrivittatus Zoubkoff, 1829

Cleonus bicarinatus Gyllenhal, 1834 [HN].

Records. CRI* DON KHR KHM* LUG ODE* POL [ Chernay 1854: 241; Lukjanovitch 1928: 248; 1930: 22; Arnoldi & Arnoldi 1938: 354; Medvedev & Solodovnikova 1974: 102].

Distribution. SE Europe, West Siberia, Middle Asia ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., iii.1908 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kerch , Kirichenko leg., 2.iv.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) ‘ Tauria’ , 1 spec. ( IMC) 7 km SE Simferopol , in litter under oat, I.Maltsev leg., 16.ii.1952 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Artyomovsk [=Bakhmut], Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 30.vi.1924 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Sloviansk, vi.1893 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Svyatohirsk Distr. , Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., v.1938 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Zmiiv, biological station, Arnoldi, x.1928 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kamianets–Podilskyi , V. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski, 27.iv.1911 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Starobelsk Forestry, willow plantation, Sylantyev leg, 2.ix.1897 ; 1 spec. ( PIN) Bilovodsk Distr., Derkul , pasture, Zlotin leg., 8.vi.1972 ; Odesa Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Tatarbunary, Chernavin leg., 2.v.1911 .

Biology. Primary steppes and chalky slopes. Adults occur in IV–X.

Notes. Taxonomy of the genus is uncertain ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013). Records in regional checklists should be guardedly accepted. Record from Kiev Governorate ( Lukjanovitch 1928) is provisionally adopted here to province level: ČRK KRO KYI VIN. ŽIT.