Lasiorhynchites (Nelasiorhynchites) syriacus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869)

Gültekin, Neslihan, Legalov, Andrei A. & Gültekin, Levent, 2020, A New Country Record of the Leaf-Rolling Weevil Lasiorhynchites Jekel, 1860 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Attelabidae: Rhynchitini) in Turkey, The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (2), pp. 420-423 : 421-423

Lasiorhynchites (Nelasiorhynchites) syriacus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869)

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Redescription. Body size 4.8 – 6.4 mm. Head, rostrum (except for apex), first 4 funicular segments, legs including tarsomeres 1 – 2 (except for apices) and claws, prothorax, and metathoracic ventrite brownish testaceous. Apex of rostrum, including mandible, antennae beyond antennal segment 5, apices of tarsomeres 1 – 3 and 5, external margin of meso- and metatibiae including apex, metathoracic and abdominal ventrites, and elytra shiny dark metallic navy blue. Body vestiture with erect setae, setae somewhat semi-erect on legs. Eyes bulging and wider than vertex, frons distinctly wider than rostral width in female ( Fig. 1A ), slightly wider in male ( Fig. 1B ). Rostrum slightly shorter than length of prothorax in both sexes, subcylindrical, moderately widened after antennal insertion in male, mandibles with 2 small external notches. Rostrum in female subconical, strongly constricted medially, gradually and distinctly widened from antennal insertion to apex, mandibles with 3 large external notches. Pronotal lateral margins swollen medially, basal margin slightly wider than anterior margin. Elytra oblong, parallel-sided at basal 3/4, gradually and roundly narrowed from this part toward posterior. Strial punctures separated, finely and regularly paired on elytra. Protibia straight, meso- and metatibiae gently emarginate medially at inner margin.

Material Examined. TURKEY: Hatay Prov., 15 – 20 km N of Yayladağı , 35°59.898 ′ N, 36°07.176 ′ E, 898 m, 01.07.2018, 1♂, 1♀, L. & N. Gültekin leg.

Distribution. Greece, Israel, Syria (Alonso- Zarazaga et al. 2017), Turkey (new country record).

Plant Association and Habitat. Quercus infectoria Olivier in scrub forest habitat. Adults of L. syriacus were observed on pistachio leaves in Lebanon ( Gentry 1965), and it was collected on 422 Pyrus syriaca Boiss. (Rosaceae) in Israel (Legalov Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Friedman 2007). Switzerland, Ukraine, Algeria, Tunisia, Israel,

Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Alonso-Zarazaga Lasiorhynchites (Nelasiorhynchites) praeustus et al. 2017) and Albania ( Szénási 2019).

(Boheman, 1845)

Material Examined. TURKEY: Hatay Prov.,

(Fig. 2) Amanos Mt., 12 km NE of Dörtyol, along Üçgoz Redescription. Body size 5.0 mm. Body pale Yayla Road, 37°01 ′ 15 ′′ N, 35°29 ′ 05 ′′ E, 115 m, brown, rostrum, head, and pronotum somewhat 05.06.2006, 1♂, L. Gültekin leg. testaceous-brown. Apex of rostrum and tarsomeres Plant Association and Habitat. Quercus pet- 1 – 3 and 5 dark blackish brown, eyes black. Body raea (Mattuschka) Liebl., in a forest of Pinus L. vestiture with erect setae, setae somewhat semi-erect ( Pinaceae ) mixed with Quercus . Lasiorhynchites on legs and antenna. Eyes bulging and wider than praeustus is often observed on Quercus calliprinos vertex, frons distinctly wider than rostrum. Rostrum Webb and Quercus ithaburensis Decne. (Legalov shorter than length of prothorax, subcylindrical, and Friedman 2007). weakly widened after antennal insertion, mandible with 2 small external notches. Pronotal lateral margins swollen medially, basal margin slightly wider REFERENCES CITED than anterior margin. Elytra oblong, parallel-sided at basal half, from this part to posterior fourth gradually Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A., H. Barrios, R. Borovec, widened, then angularly narrowed toward posterior P. Bouchard, R. Caldara, E. Colonnelli, apex. Strial punctures separated, finely and regularly L. Gültekin, P. Hlaváč, B. Korotyaev, C. H. paired on elytra, punctures somewhat larger at basal C. Lyal, A. Machado, M. Meregalli, H. third, gradually smaller toward apex. Protibia Pierotti, L. Ren, M. Sánchez-Ruiz, A. straight, meso- and metatibiae gently emarginate Sforzi, H. Silfverberg, J. Skuhrovec, M. medially on inner margin. Trýzna, A. J. Velázquez de Castro, and N. Distribution. Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, N. Yunakov. 2017. Cooperative Catalogue Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea.

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(Received 27 June 2019; accepted 18 February 2020. Publication date 19 June 2020.)

Figures

Fig 1. Habitus of Lasiorhynchites syriacus. A) Female, B) Male.