Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum
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
Aspidapion
Aspidapion aeneum

description: Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum (Fabricius)
Curculio aeneum Fabricius, 1775
Records. CRI ČER ČRK IFR KHM KHR KYI LUG LWI MYK* ODE RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ŽIT [Krynicki 1832: 145; Chernay 1854: 170, 239; Nowicki 1864: 33; Belke 1866: 505; Łomnicki 1870: 82; Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 231; Hormuzaki 1888: 155; Cherkunov 1889: 190; Kulikowski 1897: 212; Rybiński
1903b: 153; Łomnicki 1905: 84; Penecke 1928: 380; Shapiro 1930: 144; Medvedev 1950c: 96; Solodovnikova 1963a: 224; 1963c: 154; Khrolinsky 1965: 109; Solodovnikova 1965a: 8; 1965b: 336; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 302; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; Nazarenko et al. 1998b: 118; Nazarenko et al. 1999: 531; Mazur 2002: 219; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 51; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009c: 38; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 153].
Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).
Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., 20.iv.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1907; 1 spec. (SIZK) Uman, on mallow, 5.viii.1924; Crimea: 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir River valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 14.vi.1899; 27 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vii.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 30.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.vi.1899; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vii.1899; 8 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.viii.1899; 2 spec. (ZIN) mouth of Alma, Bazhenov leg., 17.vi.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yalta env., Natashino, Kuznetsova leg., 25.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Kirichenko leg., 27.vi.1907; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.vi.1907; 8 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Graftio leg., VI–VII.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka, 16.ix.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alupka; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Mukhalatka, Alchenko leg., 23.vi.1900; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tavel, S. Zyabkin leg., 6.v.1907;
Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bahovytsya, DniesterRiver bank, Sainog leg., 9.vii.1896; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kyiv, Yakovlev leg.; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kyiv-Svyatoshine Distr., Luka, Jenni leg.; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Pervomaisk Distr., Synyukhyn Brid, Synyukha River, T. Pushkarleg., 9.vi.2007; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Bugaz, Sugonyaev leg., 16.vii.1959; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Verkhivka, N48.449871, E29.144449, Chekini leg., 21–23.v.1901.
Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. On Malvaceae: Malva moschata, M. pusilla (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965); Alcea rosea, M. sylvestris (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis (Hoffmann 1958; Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977); Lavatera thuringiaca (Solodovnikova 1963a); M. neglecta (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 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751