A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Author Yunakov, Nikolai Author Nazarenko, Vitalij Author Filimonov, Rostislav Author Volovnik, Semyon text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-06 4404 1 1 494 journal article 22804 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1 1416a8a0-adc9-486b-b88d-52328522c85b 1175-5326 3766751 30009F6B-B87F-4955-85E1-A0159C2A73A2 Mecaspis alternans (Hellwig) Curculio alternans Hellwig, 1795 Records. CRI ČER ČNG ČRK DNI* IFR KHR KYI LUG LWI ODE TER ZAK [Krynicky 1832: 152; Chernay 1854: 175 ; Lindeman 1871: 95 ; Łomnicki 1886: 205 ; Cherkunov 1889: 43 ; Penecke 1928: 357 ; Roubal 1941: 167 ; Arnoldi 1956: 330 ; Krishtal 1956: 317; Tveritina 1956: 137, 139; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305 ; Kubisz et al . 1998: 270 ; Mazur 2002: 232 ]. Distribution. Central and South Europe, Asia Minor , Israel , Iran ( Meregalli & Fremuth 2013 ). Material examined. Chernihiv Prov. : 1 spec. ( NSPU ) Nizhyn env., N. V . Nazarov , 2.v.2003 ; Dnipro Prov. : 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Magdalynivka Distr. , Chernechchyna , salt marsh, 49° 07´N , 34°47´E . N. Polchaninova leg., 6– 28.v.2014 ; Crimea : 1 spec. ( IMC ) Feodosia , I. Maltsev leg., 15.vi.1951 ; Kharkiv Prov. : 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Kharkiv , Budy , 24.v.2009 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Kharkiv Distr. , Liptsi , O. Shchapova leg, vii.1997 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Velikyi Burluk Distr. , Nesterivka , hollow, T . Zhebina , N. Polchaninova leg., 6.x.2013 ; 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Vovchanskyi Distr. , Okhrymivka , 50° 20΄ N, 37°13΄ E, A. Slutsky leg., 15.iv.2014 ; Kyiv Prov. : 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kyiv-Svyatoshyn Distr. , Luka , Jenni leg.; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kiev , 3.v.1903 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kiev , 26.iv.1903 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kiev , 20.iv.1903 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kyiv Distr. , Hodosivka , M. Nesterov leg., 15.iv.2004 ; 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Kyiv Distr. , Bilychy , M. Nesterov leg., 18.iv.2006 ; 1f, 1 m ( SIZK ) Kyiv , Holosiyevo , Khutor Vilnyi , in copula, M. Zaika leg., 25.iii.2014 ; Luhansk Prov. : 1 spec. ( SIZK ) Perevalsk Distr. , Gorodishche , chalky slope, 2.vi.1953 ; 1 spec. ( SKC ) Slovyanoserbsk Distr. , Tryohizbenka , 14.iv.2004 ; 1 spec. ( SKC ) idem, 14.iv.2010 ; Odesa Prov. : 1 spec. ( IMC ) Kotovsk [= Podilsk], I. Maltsev leg., 25.v.1964 ; Ternopil Prov. : 1 spec. ( KUMN ) Medobory Nature Reserve , Gusyatin Distr. , Payivka , A. Drogvalenko leg., 3.vii.2005 . Biology. Xerothermic habitats, forests. Adults occur in III–VIII. In the tuber of Daucus carota (Apiaceae) ( Hoffmann 1950 ), Pastinaca sativa ( Germann 2012 )