A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Author
Yunakov, Nikolai
Author
Nazarenko, Vitalij
Author
Filimonov, Rostislav
Author
Volovnik, Semyon
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-06
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Donus geminus
(Zaslavskij)
Hypera gemina
Zaslavskij, 1967
Records.
CRI [
Zaslavskij 1967: 238–239
;
Nazarenko 1994b: 50
;
Yunakov & Nazarenko 2003: 97
; Nazarenko 2009: 49; 2014a: 348].
Distribution.
Endemic to
Crimea
(
Skuhrovec 2013
)
Material examined.
Crimea
:
1 spec.
(
KUMN
) [CR-10-79].
Dolgorukovskaya Yaila Mt.Range
, SW slope of
Kol-Bair Mt.
under
Potentilla
sp.montane steppe,
N. Yunakov
leg.,
11.vi.2010
;
1 spec.
(
ZMUSK
)
Kazantip
,
V
.
G. Dolin
leg.,
17.vi.1972
;
1 spec.
(
ZMUSK
)
Bilohirsk
,
Belaja Skala
,
N.D. Globova
leg.,
27.v.1966
;
1 spec.
(
ZIN
)
Yaltinskaya Yaila Mt. Range
, pass Kuchuk-Uzenbash-Bogaz,
1 km
SE Olmeskhyr Mt.
,
1300 m
, mountain steppes, under stone,
N. Yunakov
leg.,
9.vi.2001
;
1 spec.
(
SIZK
) road to
Ai-Petri Mt. Range
, under stones,
V
.
Yu. Nazarenko
leg.,
22.iv.2002
;
2 spec.
(
SIZK
) mature larvae, road to
Ai-Petri Mt.
,
on
Psephellus
sp.,
44°29´43.9˝ N
,
34°02´06.8˝ E
,
V
.
Yu. Nazarenko
leg.,
22.iv.2002
.
Biology.
Mountain slopes, meadows. Adults occur in IV–VI. Oligophagous on
Asteraceae
:
Psephellus declinatus
,
Centaurea
sp. and
Jurinea sordida
. In laboratory on
Centaurea
spp. (Nazarenko 2009)
Notes.
Morphological characters and biological features suggest that
D. geminus
is a subspecies of
D. bucovinensis
.