Donus rubi (Krauss)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 350

Donus rubi (Krauss)

Hypera rubi Krauss, 1900

Records. ČER IFR LWI ZAK [ Penecke 1928: 361; Fudakowski et al. 1939: 41; Roubal 1941: 206; Tveritina 1956: 142; Mazur 2002: 228; Chumak et al. 2006: 268; Mateleshko et al. 2009: 599].

Distribution. Central and East Europe ( Skuhrovec 2013).

Material examined. Zakarpatska Prov.: 2 spec. ( KUMN) W Mt. Buzhora, env. Chorne Bagno Preserve, 48º 25' N, 23º 06' E, V. V. Mirutenko leg., 06.vi.1996; 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 15 km SE Mizhhiria, Mereshor env., on blackberry, N. Yunakov leg., 08.vii.1997; 2 spec. ( KUMN) idem, on raspberry, N. Yunakov leg., 11.vii.1997; 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 23 km NE Huszt, env. of Zabrid, beech forest, on Rubus sp., N. Yunakov leg., 15.vii.1997; 1 spec. ( KUMN) ca. 27 km NNE Rakhiv, road from Yasynya to Dragobrat, base motley grass and bushland along road, V. V. Mirutenko leg., 20.vii.1996; 10 spec. ( SIZK) Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Rakhiv Distr., ca. 1000 m, motley grass along fir forest and stream Bily, on Petasites , Rumex , Poaceae , Salix, V.M. Ermolenko leg., 17.vi.1997; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Rakhiv Distr., Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Kuzy Division, along stream, sweeping, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 13.vii.1999; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kolochava env., above biological station, forest, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.vi.2015.

Biology. Mountain forests, meadows. Adults occur in VI–VII. Polyphagous ( Mazur 2002)