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Leucomigus candidatus subsp. candidatus

Description

Leucomigus candidatus candidatus (Pallas)

Curculio candidatus candidatus Pallas, 1771

Records. CRI DNI KHE LUG MYK* ZAP* [Carte 1858: 277; Iljin 1926: 227; Andreev 1940: 360; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53].

Distribution. SE Europe, Middle Asia, Middle East (Ter-Minasian 1988; Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 45 specimens (SIZK, KUMN, ZMUM, IMC, YKC) from 5 provinces were studied. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Bakhchisarai Distr., Pishchane vill, R. V. Doroshenko leg., 20.vi.2011; 1 spec. (KUMN) Yedi Quyu Distr., Osoviny, marine coast, in the flight, Gordienko, 23.viii.1978 1 spec. (KUMN) Karadagh, Nature Reserve, W slope, coastal xerothermic forest, singled at night, N. Yunakov, 29.viii.2013; 1 spec. (SIZK) Sevastopol, 15.vi.1901; 1 spec. (SIZK) Perekop, on Artemisia, A. Bogachev leg., 26.vii.1957; 1 spec. (SIZK); 1 spec. (SIZK) Koktebel, Enishary place, V. Karavajev, 1.ix.1928; 1 spec. (IMC) Simferopol, 17.vi.1953; 1 spec. (SIZK) Alma River lower, limestone slope, 23.vi.1957; 3 spec. (YKC) Dzhankoy Distr., Ryumshyne, N 45°57'53.8'' E34°18'11.0'', Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 12.vii.2010; 2 spec. (IKC) Krasnoperekopsk, 45.954167°, 33.791944°, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 13.vii.2010; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (IKC) Chongar peninsula, Genichesk Distr., Salkove, 46.173611°, 34.598056°, in Argiope (Araneidae) web, Yu.Karmishev leg., 22.vii.2010; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZMUM) Pervomajsky Distr., Kuripchino vill, bank of Pivdennyi Buh River, P.N. Sheshurak leg., 1.viii.2006; 1 spec. (IMC) Ochakiv, I. Maltsev leg., 11.vi.1937; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Primorsk Distr., Obitochna Spit, S. V. Kononova leg., 26.viii.1982; 1spec. (ZISK) idem, on Artemisia, S.V. Volovnik leg., 26.viii.1982; 1spec. (YKC) Melitopol Distr., Mayske, N 47°01'38.1'' E35°28'07.5'', on Artemisia, Yu.V. Karmyshev leg., ix.2012; 2 spec. (IKC) Priazovske Distr. Girsovka, 46.640278°, 35.390833°, Molochnyi Lyman coast, I. V. Kovalev leg., 8.viii.2011.

Biology. Xerothermic habitats. Adults occur in VII–IX. Oligophagous on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae). Larva develops in root gall (Volovnik 2010).

Notes. Red listed as near threatened in Ukraine (Volovnik & Nazarenko 2009: Red List of Ukraine).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Leucomigus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pallas
Species
candidatus
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Carte, W. (1858) Observations during the Campaign of 1854, 1855, and 1856 on the Crimea, its climate and Zoology. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, 1, 250 - 280.
  • Iljin, B. S. (1926) Spisok zhukov Ekaterinoslavskoi gubernii. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 19 (3 - 4), 224 - 228. [1925, in Russian]
  • Andreev, I. F. (1940) O biotsenoze ostrova Kitai (Sivash). Trudy nauchno-issledovatelskogo zoologo-biologicheskogo instituta Kharkovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Sektor ekologii, 8 - 9, 343 - 362. [in Russian]
  • Ter-Minasian, M. E. (1988) Zhuki-dolgonosiki podsemeistva Cleoninae fauny SSSR. Kornevye dolgonosiki (Triba Cleonini). Nauka, Leningrad, 233 pp. [in Russian]
  • Meregalli, M. & Fremuth, J. (2013). Lixini. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Brill, Leiden, Boston, pp. 437 - 456. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004259164
  • Volovnik, S. V. (2010) Weevils Lixinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) as Gall Formers. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, 89 (7), 828 - 833. [in Russian, translated in Entomological Review, 90 (5), 585 - 590] https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 0013873810050052