Sitona humeralis Stephens 1831
Creators: name: Balalaikins, Maksims
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Sitona
Sitona humeralis

description: Sitona humeralis Stephens, 1831
References: Rathlef 1905; Mikutowicz 1905, 1921; Lindberg 1932; Barševskis 1993, 1997, 2002; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Kalniņš et al. 2007; Bukejs 2011.
Examined material: 69 specimens: Bauska d.: Mežotne, near River Lielupe, 3 May 2008 (1, leg. U. Valainis, A. Pankjāns, A. Soldāns and E. Tamanis); Daugavpils d.: Bebrene, 5 May 2006 (1, leg. E. Rudāns), Daugavpils env. 2 km SE Apses, 1 August 2009 (1, bank of River Daugava, leg. A. Bukejs), Daugavpils, Mežciems, 2 July 1991 (6, leg. A. Barševskis), Daugavpils, Ruģeļi, 26 June 1992 (2, leg. A. Barševskis), 3 km N Daugavpils, 27 May 2009 (1, inland dunes, leg. A. Bukejs), Daugavpils, 14 September 1992 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Dviete, 1 – 15 April 2002 (2, forest, leg. A. Barševskis), Elerne, May 2002 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Elerne, Muravki house 26 June 2005 (1, leg. A. Barševskis and K. Barševska), Greizais tilts, 25 August 2010 (5, leg. M. Balalaikins), Ilgas, Silene NPT, 6 May 1999 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), April 2002 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Līksna, 25 October 1996 (3, leg. R. Cibuļskis), Līksna, near Daugavpils beltway, 22 July 2008 (1, inland dunes, leg. A. Barševskis), Līksna, 3 km N Daugavpils, 28 July 2009 (1, leg. A. Bukejs), Rīga – Krāslava beltway, near Ļubesti, 2 June 2007 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Naujene, Slutišķi, River Putānu, Daugavas Loki NPT, 29 April 2008 (1, leg. A. Pankjāns and U. Valainis), Stropi, 22 May 2010 (1, leg. A. Bukejs), Šedere, Straumēni house, 16 - 17 May 2009 (1, leg. M. Janovska), Višķi, 9 May 1985 (1 ex.), 24 September 1990 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 20 May 2007 (1, bank of lake, leg. M. Janovska); Jēkabpils d.: Aknīste, 10 August 2001 (1, leg. I. Leiskina), Dunava, 15 – 16 April 1995 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 18 July 1995 (2, leg. A. Barševskis), 10 – 13 August 1995 (4, leg. A. Barševskis), 2 August 1996 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 22 September 1996 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), April 2002 (1, dry meadow, leg. A. Barševskis), 1 June 2002 (2, leg. A. Barševskis), June 2002 (2, leg. A. Barševskis), 14 May 2005 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 1 June 2008 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), Jēkabpils, near Nereta road, 8 August 2008 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Krāslava d.: Baltica, 21 May 1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), Piedruja, 1 July 1990 (2, leg. A. Barševskis), Ūdrīši, Daugavas Loki NPT, Zapoļņiki house, 8 – 10 May 2009 (1, leg. M. Janovska); Ludza d.: Ludza, 9 October 2010 (1, bank of Lake Lielais Ludzas, leg. M. Balalaikins); Preiļi d.: Aglona, near the Aglona’s Basilica, 27 April 2007 (3, leg. M. Janovska and A. Barševskis), Jersika, Kurpnieki house, 22 May 2005 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 15 April 2007 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 22 – 24 June 2009 (1, leg. A. Barševskis), 15 – 16 May 2010 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Rīga d.: Doles sala, 7 March 1992 (1, leg. M. Kalniņš); Talsi d.: Mazirbe, 3 September 2009 (1, leg. A. Barševskis); Valmiera d.: Briede, 21 August 2006 (1, leg. A. Pankjāns).
Host plants: Medicago, Ononis, Trifolium (Fabaceae).
Phenology: III- X.
General distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, N Africa, S Siberia, Central Asia (Kazakhstan), East Asia (China, Mongolia) Has been introduced in N America, Australia, New Zealand (Sue Kwong et al. 1980) [CEM].
Note: common species in Latvia.
description: Published as part of Balalaikins, Maksims, 2012, Latvian Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 3. Tribe Sitonini Gistel, 1856, pp. 6-23 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (1) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10601829