Tychius (Tychius) medicaginis C. N. F. Brisout de Barneville
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
Tychius
Tychius medicaginis

description: Tychius (Tychius) medicaginis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville
Tychius medicaginis C.N.F. Brisout de Barneville, 1862
Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR* KYI LUG* LWI ODE* POL RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Łomnicki 1891: 22; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80; Penecke 1928: 375; Tenenbaum 1931: 357; Shapiro 1940a: 52; Kryshtal 1949: 178; Medvedev et al. 1952: 349; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Kryshtal 1956: 320; Kryshtal 1959: 79; Medvedev et al. 1972: 56; Dieckmann 1988: 405; Petrukha et al. 1988: 137; Isayev 1994: 40; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305; Kubisz et al. 1998: 271; Mazur 2002: 242; Caldara 2004a; Sumarokov 2004: 136; Nazarenko 2005b: 60; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Sumarokov 2009: 180; Caldara 2013a: 167; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18].
Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Siberia, Western China, North Africa (Caldara 2013a).
Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Kryshtal, 2.vii.1936; 2 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, V. Kizeritsky leg., 7.iv.1919; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Shakh-Mamai, Kirichenko leg., 15.iv.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sukhoi Indol River, N of Agarmish, K. Arnoldi leg., 9.vi.1948; 2 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Pawlowski leg., 13.vi.1911; 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, 450 m, K. Arnoldi leg., 25.vii.1948; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamyshevakha, Arnoldi leg., 7.vi.1937; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 15.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 13.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.vi.1938; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1.vi.1939; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Prishib, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 22.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tetyanivka, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Rassypnaya station, steppe, Arnoldi leg., 30.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Banne, Arnoldi leg., 22.v.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) left bank of Siversky Donets River, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) Sidorove, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 28.v.1939; 7 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 23.v.1939; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.v.1939; 2 spec. (ZIN) Steppe along Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1939; 1 spec. (ZIN) Manych Forestry, 11.v.1952; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Merefa, Stepanov leg., 1.vii.1955; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova, tesqua S.Medvedev, 29.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 7.vii.1925; 5 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Malyshev leg., 2.vi.1911; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1911; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Derkul, 11.vi.1952; 2 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.vi.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.viii.1928; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 14.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Olkhovaya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 25.vi.1926; 26 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bilovodsk, 9.vi.1952; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odessa, E. Fischer leg.;
Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 20.v.1912; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 8.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.v.1924; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 26.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyryatyn, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 12.vi.1925; 1 spec. (ZIN) Karlivka, 19.v.1917; 3 spec. (ZIN) Mgar, 27.v.1913; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 28.v.1913; Rivne Prov.: 4 spec. (ZIN) Divne Distr.
Biology. Grasslands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Medicago falcata (Penecke 1928; Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); M. sativa (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988).
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 254-255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751