Tychius ( Tychius ) meliloti Stephens, 1829

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 255

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scientific name	Tychius ( Tychius ) meliloti Stephens
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Tychius ( Tychius) meliloti Stephens View in CoL

Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831

Tychius sorex Gyllenhal, 1835 View in CoL

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 GoogleMaps ; 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).