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Mecinus variabilis

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  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Crete, University Campus, GR- 70013 Vasilika Vouton, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. bolanakisjohn @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0006 - 6595 - 1757 christoforos _ pm @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2064 - 2054 & Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. stylianos-chatzimanolis @ utc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9008 - 0611 ddtarikk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 9705 - 0767 kathrynhankins 018 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 2401 - 1759 & Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av, GR- 71409 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. atrichas @ uoc. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7917 - 5262
  • 2. Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. stylianos-chatzimanolis @ utc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9008 - 0611 ddtarikk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 9705 - 0767 kathrynhankins 018 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 2401 - 1759 & Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av, GR- 71409 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. atrichas @ uoc. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7917 - 5262 & Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. stylianos-chatzimanolis @ utc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9008 - 0611 ddtarikk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 9705 - 0767 kathrynhankins 018 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 2401 - 1759 & Authors were placed in alphabetical order between the first and the last author Corresponding author

Description

Mecinus variabilis (Rosenhauer, 1856)

Nomenclatural Authority: Alonso-Zarazaga et al. (2023).

Literature Records: Germann et al. (2023).

Range: Widespread species (Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2023).

Notes

Published as part of Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, Bolanakis, Giannis, Dedovic, Tarik, Hankins, Kath-Ryn Ann F., Pavlou, Christoforos & Trichas, Apostolos, 2026, An annotated checklist of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the island of Crete, Greece, pp. 1-319 in Zootaxa 5774 (1) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5774.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19181595

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Related works

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5774.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/19181595 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/5151FFCF542EFFD6FFC1FFD58A395A34 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rosenhauer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Mecinus
Species
variabilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mecinus variabilis (Rosenhauer, 1856) sec. Chatzimanolis, Bolanakis, Dedovic, Hankins, Pavlou & Trichas, 2026

References

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A., Barrios, H., Borovec, R., Bouchard, P., Caldara, R., Colonnelli, E., Gultekin, L., Hlavac, P., Korotyaev, B., Lyal, C. H. C., Machado, A., Meregalli, M., Pierotti, H., Ren, L., Sanchez-Ruiz, M., Sforzi, A., Silfverberg, H., Skuhrovec, J., Tryzna, M., Velazquez de Castro, A. J. & Yunakov, N. N. (2023) Cooperative Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea. 2 nd Edition. Monografias electronicas S. E. A., 14, 1-780.
  • Germann, C., Bahr, F., Braunert, C. & Link, A. (2023) Die Russelkafer Griechenlands. Katalog der Curculionoidea Griechenlands (Coleoptera). - Le Charancon. Catalogues & Keys No. 3. Curculio-Institute, Monchengladbach. Available from: https://curci.site.at/en (accessed 29 May 2023)