Polydrusus (Eudipnus) freyi Zumpt, 1933

Yunakov, Nikolai, Korotyaev, Boris & Alziar, Gabriel, 2024, Miscellaneous notes on the systematics of and synonymy in Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), Contributions to Entomology 74 (2), pp. 249-264 : 249-264

Polydrusus (Eudipnus) freyi Zumpt, 1933

Notes.

The male holotype and female paratype from the collection of Museum G. Frey have been examined in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München by Boris A. Korotyaev, both undoubtedly belong to P. rufulus .

Distribution notes.

This species is ranged through the Caucasus, northern part of Asia Minor to Alborz Mountains in Iran (Fig. 9 B ), where it inhabits floodland and mountain forests along large rivers. Russia: Krasnodar Territory (Schilsky 1910), Adygea (Korotyaev and Arzanov 2010), Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia ( Ismailova 2007). Georgia (Schilsky 1910, Cholokava 2008), Azerbaijan: Lankaran (Schilsky 1910), the Asian part of Turkey ( Lodos 1977; Lodos et al. 2003). Schilsky (1910) recorded P. rufulus from Adrianople (= Edirne) based on specimens collected by Max Korb but the further comprehensive weevil surveys in Turkey ( Lodos 1977; Lodos et al. 2003) did not confirm this. On the other hand, N. Lodos recorded P. sparsus in western Turkey and the latter is also known from Greece. Thus, Schilsky’s record from Edirne is most likely based on the misidentification of P. sparsus . In Turkey (provinces of Bartin and Bolu) P. rufulus is probably sympatric with the closely related P. sparsus ( Lodos et al. 2003) . In 2024 P. rufulus was collected in Hyrcanian forests, Mazandaran Province of Iran (first country record); photographs of one specimen were received from Zahra Azizi (Environmental Science Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran) and examined by the first author.

Figures

Figure 9. Polydrusus rufulus: A. Body. Photo credit: by Maxim E. Smirnov, CC-BY 4.0; B. Occurrence map.