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Published: 2015-03-10
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Contribution to the knowledge of the weevil subgenus Choilisanus Reitter, 1912, genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Ph. D., All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240, Erzurum, TURKEY
Otiorhynchus Choilisanus new species taxonomy Turkey.

Abstract

A new species Otiorhynchus ege Davidian & Gültekin sp. nov. is described from Aegean Region of Turkey. Closely related species Otiorhynchus balcanicus Stierlin, 1861, Otiorhynchus leuthneri Smreczyński, 1977 and Otiorhynchus latinasus Reitter 1898 from the subgenus Choilisanus Reitter, 1912 are redescribed, the lectotype of Otiorhynchus latinasus is designated, and a key to five species which are allied to Otiorhynchus balcanicus is given. Colour illustration, including habitus and photos of important morphological characters are presented.