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Mecaspis alternans

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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)

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 pages 373-374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3766751

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4404.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
IMC , KUMN , NSPU , SIZK , SKC , T, KUMN , V, KUMN
Event date
1903-04-20 , 1903-04-26 , 1903-05-03 , 1951-06-15 , 1953-06-02 , 1964-05-25 , 2003-05-02 , 2004-04-14 , 2004-04-15 , 2005-07-03 , 2006-04-18 , 2009-05-24 , 2010-04-14 , 2013-10-06 , 2014-03-25 , 2014-04-15 , 2014-05-06
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Mecaspis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hellwig
Species
alternans
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1903-04-20 , 1903-04-26 , 1903-05-03 , 1951-06-15 , 1953-06-02 , 1964-05-25 , 2003-05-02 , 2004-04-14 , 2004-04-15 , 2005-07-03 , 2006-04-18 , 2009-05-24 , 2010-04-14 , 2013-10-06 , 2014-03-25 , 2014-04-15 , 2014-05-06/28

References

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