Lixus ( Ortholixus ) vilis (Rossi)

Lixus ( Ortholixus) vilis (Rossi) View in CoL

Curculio vilis Rossi, 1790

Lixus orbitalis Boheman, 1835 View in CoL

Records. CRI KHR* KHM KYI LWI ZAK [ Łomnicki 1884: 31, 1886: 206; Shishkin 1914: 48; Pjatakowa 1930: 315; Roubal 1941: 164; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) ( Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. ( SIZK) Belbek near Makenzievy Mts , Goncharenko leg., 20.v.1955 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Pryvilne [= Taushan Bazar], Grigoriev leg., 7.vii.1907 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, 7.vii.1931 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Jalman River , G. Kahovskyi leg., 20.ix.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yevpatoria , V. E. Yakovlev leg., 7.vii.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.02 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alma River , Ribakov leg. ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Saky Distr. , Natashyne, Ye. Kuznetsov leg., 18.vi.1925 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Agarmish Mount, 18.vi.1906 ; 1 spec. ( ZIN), idem, 11.v.1906 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Simferopol , I. Maltsev leg., 1.iv.1951 ; 2 spec. ( IMC) idem, I. Maltsev leg., 12.v.1951 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Simferopol, 3.vii.1922 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Simferopol Distr. , Krasnolissya, I. Maltsev leg., 28.vii.1953 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Alushta , I. Maltsev leg., 30.iv.1954 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Chorna River , I. Maltsev leg., 1.vii.1951 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) idem, 3.vii.1967 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Ai-Petri Yaila Mt. Range , I. Maltsev leg., 29.viii.1953 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Kujbyshevo , I. Maltsev leg., 14.v.1951 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Krasnokutsk Distr., Parkhomovsky Forest , 6.vi.1959 ; 1 spec. ( IMC) Zmiiv Distr. , Gaidary, Bartenev leg., 11.vi.1971 .

Biology. Grasslands. Beetles occure in V–IX. On Erodium cicutarium (Geraniaceae) (Stejskal 2014).