Limobius borealis
Creators: name: Yunakov, Nikolai
name: Nazarenko, Vitalij
name: Filimonov, Rostislav
name: Volovnik, Semyon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Limobius
Limobius borealis

description: Limobius borealis (Paykull)
Curculio borealis Paykull, 1792
Curculio dissimilis Herbst, 1795
Records. CRI ČER ČRK DON IFR KHR KYI LWI MYK ODE POL RIV VOL [Łomnicki 1866: 7; 1884: 31; 1886: 204; Czerkunow 1888 (1889) 189; Łomnicki 1905: 73; Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 47; Mazur 2002: 231; Kravchenko 2010: 61; Nazarenko 2014a: 350].
Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding Middle Asia) (Skuhrovec 2013)
Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZMUK) Irdyn, 19.vii.1946; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ter-Shejkh- Eli, Arnoldi leg., 11.vi.1947; 1 spec. (ZIN) A. Jakovlev leg., 1 spec. (ZIN) Sevastopol, 1889; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kertch, Kirichenko leg., 12.v.1902; 2 spec. (ZIN) Agarmisch, Kirichenko leg., 28.iv, 2.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmysh Mt., near Staryi Krym, Kirichenko leg., 19.vi.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, primary maritime grassland, Kirejchuk leg., 11.iv.1975; 1 spec. (ZIN), Sabnin leg., 1.v.1901; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911; 1 spec. (SIZK) SE env. of Simpheropol, between Marine and Lozove, slopes, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 18.iv.2002; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, mount near Pionerske, grass, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 24.iv.2002; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 6 km NNW Snezhnoe, env. of Andreevka, under orest, S. Medvedev leg., 28.v.1952; 1 spec. (SIZK) Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve, Salionovo, Gruzskii Yelanchik River valley, on dry leaves of Arctium, Heracleum, T.A. Trikhleb leg., 19.vi.2001; 1 spec. (SIZK) Slovianohirsk env., Sviati Hory NP, right bank Siverskyi Donets River, deciduous forest, grass, sweeping, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 27.iv.2002; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) 1 km NW Stary Saltiv, meadow near forest lake, sweeping, N. Yunakov leg., 13.viii.1997; 3 spec. (KUMN, SIZK) idem, N. Yunakov leg., 12.viii.1997; 3 spec. (KUMN, SIZK) 8 km W Kehychivka, env. of Hutyrivka, on Geranium pratense, N. Yunakov leg., 12.viii.1998; 1 spec. (KUMN) E of Merefa, Mzha railway station, Mzha River floodland, A.N. Drogvalenko leg., 17.vi.1996; 1 spec. (KUMN) Lyubotyn, Shekhovtsov leg., 07.vii.2008; 1 spec. (KUMN) idem, Shekhovtsov leg., 14.vii.2008; 6 spec. (KUMN) ca. 10 km S Kharkiv, Udyanska railway station, valley UdyRiver, Shekhovtsov leg., 26.vii.2009; 5 spec. (KUMN) env. Kharkiv, near Rogan, humid ravine, N. Yunakov leg., 04.vii.1999; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) mature larva, Kyiv, Central Botanical Garden, on Geranium sp., 50°25´05˝ N, 30°33´48.7˝ E, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.v.2007; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Treby, Th. Lukjanovich leg., 28.iv.1924; Lviv Prov.: 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, Holosko, col. A. Stoeckel; 2 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Sykhiv, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Javoriv Distr., Ivano—Frankove, Janiv forests, col. A. Stoeckel; 1 spec. (DMLU) Lviv, on the fence, M. Łomnitsky leg., 18.v.; 2 spec. (DMLU) Lviv; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Berezan Distr., Tashino, left bank of Tsareha River, wasteland. V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 15.vi.2010; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env. of Krasnoselka, pitfall trap, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 17–23.viii.1997; 1 spec. (GC) Odesa env., env.vill. Korsuntsy, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 17.vi.1995; 1 spec. (GC), idem, on the cow dung, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 28.iv.1996; 2 spec. (GC) ca. 80 km from Odesa, env. Berezovka, Berezovsky forest, sweeping A. V. Gontarenko leg., 27.iv.1996, 28.vi.1997.
Biology. Forests, shrublands, meadows, floodplains, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Geranium sanguineum, G. molle, G. pyrenaicum, G. pratense, Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae) (Scherf 1964)
description: Published as part of Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), pp. 1-494 in Zootaxa 4404 (1) on pages 360-361, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751