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Micrelus ericae

Description

Micrelus ericae (Gyllenhal)

Rhynchaenus ericae Gyllenhal, 1813

Records. ČER IFR LWI RIV ZYT [Mazur 2002: 233; Nazarenko 2009b: 497].

Distribution. Europe.

Material examined. Rivne Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Rokytne Distr., Bilsk env., Bilsk Forestry, logging, swamps with heather, N51.4937822, E27.2512436, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 12.vi.2008; Zhytomyr Prov.: 9 spec. (SIZK) Ovruch Distr., Selezivka env., mixed forest, sandy hill with heather, N51.5382077, E28.1014287, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 14.vi.2012; 12 spec. (SIZK) idem, N51.5248726, E27.9802895, 15.vi.2012.

Biology. Boreal coniferous and mixed forests. Adults occur in VI–VII. In Ukraine monophagous on Calluna vulgaris (Ericaceae).

Notes

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 page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SIZK , SIZK, V
Event date
2008-06-12 , 2012-06-14 , 2012-06-15
Verbatim event date
2008-06-12 , 2012-06-14 , 2012-06-15
Scientific name authorship
Gyllenhal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Micrelus
Species
ericae
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Mazur, M. (2002) The distribution and ecology of weevils (Coleoptera, Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) in western Ukraine. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 45 (3), 213 - 244.
  • Nazarenko, V. Yu. (2009 b) Dovgonosykopodibni zhuky (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) Rivnenskoho pryrodnoho zapovidnyka ta prylehlykh terytorii. In: Zberezhennia ta vidtvorennia bioriznomanittia pryrodno-zapovidnykh terytorii. Rivnenska drukarnia, Rivne, pp. 497 - 505.