A new subgenus of the weevil genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) for a new species from Mediterranean Turkey associated with the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua L. (Fabaceae)

Genrik E. Davidian; Levent Gültekin; Boris A. Korotyaev

doi:10.12976/jib/2017.5.4

Issue: Vol. 5 No. 4 (2017)

Type: Article

Published: 2017-03-03

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2017.5.4

Page range: 1-14

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A new subgenus of the weevil genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) for a new species from Mediterranean Turkey associated with the carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua L. (Fabaceae)

Genrik E. Davidian⁺⁻
Levent Gültekin⁺⁻
Boris A. Korotyaev⁺⁻

All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

Otiorhynchus Ceratonia siliqua L. new species new subgenus taxonomy Turkey.

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Abstract

A new species Otiorhynchus ceratoniae Davidian, Gültekin & Korotyaev sp. nov. is described from eastern Mediterranean Turkey. A new monotypic subgenus Arnoldinus Davidian, Gültekin & Korotyaev subgen. nov. is erected for this species. The new species was found only under Ceratonia siliqua L. trees with lower leaves damaged by adults.