Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) meliloti
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
Brentidae
Stenopterapion
Stenopterapion meliloti

description: Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) meliloti (Kirby)
Apion meliloti Kirby, 1808
Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON* IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG* LWI ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP* ŽIT* [Miller 1868: 24; Łomnicki 1884: 344; Łomnicki 1886: 234; Rybiński 1903b: 154; Łomnicki 1905: 85; Penecke 1928: 383; Kryshtal 1956: 322; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Solodovnikova 1963c: 155; Khrolinsky 1965: 115; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1965b: 338; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 80; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 229; Petrukha et al. 1988: 142; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 303; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Kubisz et al. 1998: 265; Mazur 2002: 222; Alonso- Zarazaga 2004; Sumarokov 2004: 135; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 45; Sumarokov 2009: 176; Nazarenko 2010d: 82; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 171; Nazarenko 2012g: 51; Nazarenko 2013b: 18].
Distribution. Palaearctic (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).
Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 5.vi.1902; 2 spec. (ZIN) Toply [= Topolevka]. near Stary Krym, Kh. Shaposhnikov leg., 30.viii.1932; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Arnoldi leg., 26.vi.1926; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Krasnograd [= Konstantingrad]. Th.Lukjanovich, 1.viii.1923; 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, N. Yunakov leg., 12.vii.2000; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 19.iv.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets-Podilskyi Distr., Verbky, A. Kirejtshuk leg., 6.vi.1976; Luhansk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Starobelsky uchastok, Silantjev leg., 30.vi. –14.vii.1897; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 13.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.v.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Talicky leg., 12.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 8.vii.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yunitsky National Park, G.E. Davidian leg., 8.viii.1989; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Khadzhubeisky Lyman, D. Znoiko leg., 20.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Ananyev Distr., Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 15.v.1921; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bolgrad, A. Poiras leg., 14.vi.1990; Zaporizhia Prov.: 6 spec. (SVC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, lake shore, on Melilotus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 12.vi.1986; Zhytomyr Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zhytomyr env., Birulya leg., 9.vi.1897;
Biology. Grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Fabaceae: Melilotus officinalis (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. albus (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1958; Khrolinsky 1965; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. altissimus (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); M. dentatus (Dieckmann 1977).
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 74-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751