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 Tychius ( Tychius ) meliloti Stephens Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831 Tychius sorex Gyllenhal , 1835 Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE* KHM KYI LWI ODE* RIV SUM TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [ Łomnicki 1877b: 152 ; Łomnicki 1884: 32 ; Łomnicki 1886: 216 ; Cherkunov 1889: 192 ; Hormuzaki 1901a: 107 ; Rybiński 1903b: 151; Łomnicki 1905: 80 ; Penecke 1928: 376 ; Roubal 1941: 184 ; Medvedev 1953a: 78 ; Tveritina 1953: 61 ; Kryshtal 1956: 321 ; Tveritina 1956b: 137; Kryshtal 1959: 79 ; Medvedev et al . 1972: 56 ; Petrukha et al . 1988: 137 ; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 305 ; Kubisz et al . 1998: 271 ; Mazur 2002: 242 ; Caldara 2004a ; Sumarokov 2004: 136 ; Nazarenko 2005a: 94 ; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46 ; Parkhomenko et al . 2009: 122 ; Sumarokov 2009: 180 ; Nazarenko 2010d: 90 ; Caldara 2013a: 167 ; Nazarenko 2013b: 30 ; Sumarokov & Nazarenko 2015: 18 ]. Distribution. Palearctic; introduced in North America ( Caldara 2013a ). Material examined. Crimea : 1 spec. ( ZIN ) ‘ Tauria’ ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Alma , A. Bazhenov leg., 20.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Eupatoria , V . E. Yakovlev leg., 22.viii.1902 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Eupatoria ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Kerch , 20.v.1902 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Alushta , Kiritschenko leg., 5.vi.1907 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Simferopol , Kiritschenko leg., 29.v.1907 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN ) Simferopol Pawlowski leg., 10.vi.1911 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) idem, 13.vi.1911 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN ) Simferopol , K. Arnoldi leg., 18.v.1948 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Kerch , Adzhimushkai , G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Karadag , Krivokhatsky leg., 26–27.v.1990 ; 1m ( ZMUN ) Karadag Nature Reserve Svyataya Mt. N44° 56' 12.7'' E35° 13' 17.3'' , 286 m , mixed forest, Yunakov 28.v.2010 ; Donetsk Prov. : 2 spec. ( ZIN ) Svyatohirsk Monastery , Arnoldi leg., 27.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) idem, 26.vi.1937 ; 6 spec. ( ZIN ) idem, 26.vii.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Yarova , meadows, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Prishib , Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1939 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Svyatohirsk , chalk, Arnoldi leg., 25.vi.1938 ; 2 spec. ( ZIN ) Novoselivka , Svyatohirsk Monastery , Arnoldi leg., 21.v.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Svyatohirs , Netrius River , meadow, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1937 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Netrius River , Carex bogs, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1940 ; Kherson Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Aleshki , P. Egorov leg., 25.v.1927 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve , S.I. Medvedev leg., 13.v.1925 ; Odesa Prov. : 1 spec. ( ZIN ) Odesa , Khadzhubei Lyman , 12.vii.1905 . Biology. Forest edge, slopes, meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Fabaceae : Melilotus albus ( Hoffmann 1954 ; Smreczyński 1972 ; Dieckmann 1988 ); M. officinalis ( Hoffmann 1954 ; Arnoldi et al . 1965 ; Smreczyński 1972 ; Dieckmann 1988 ); M. altissimus ( Smreczyński 1972 ; Dieckmann 1988 ).