Epirhynchites smyrnensis, Legalov, 2003

Bolu, Halil & Legalov, Andrei A., 2008, On the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) fauna of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Orchards in South-eastern and Eastern Anatolia in Turkey, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 75-86 : 75-86

Epirhynchites smyrnensis (Desbrochers des

Loges, 1869)

Material examined: 13 ex., Elazığ, 25.4.2003 ; 4 ex., Keban , 19.4.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 3.6.2004 ; 4 ex., Sivrice , 8.5.2002 ; 3 ex., idem, 29.4.2004 ; 4 ex., Gezin , 8.5.2002 ; 3 ex., idem, 9.5.2003 ; 5 ex., idem, 18.5.2003 ; 3 ex., idem, 19.4.2004 ; 3 ex., idem, 29.4.2004 ; 4 ex., idem, 3.6.2004 ; 1 ex., Mardin, 3.5.2004 ; 3 ex., Akbağ , 22.4.2002 ; 2 ex., Ömerli , 22.4.2003 ; 2 ex., idem, 12.5.2003 ; 9 ex., Ergani , 10.4.2002 .

Host plants of larva: Prunus, Pyrus ( Legalov, 2003) , Amyadalus ( Bolu & Özgen 2005).

Distribution: Iran, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan ( Legalov 2003).

Remarks: This species is obligate on almonds and Rosaceae .

Family: Brentidae Bilberg, 1820

Subfamily: Apioninae Schoenherr, 1823

Tribe: Ceratapiini Alonso-Zarazaga, 1991