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Metapion gaudiale

Description

Metapion gaudiale (Faust, 1885)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran (Legalov et al. 2010), Razavi Khorasan (Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), West Azarbaijan (Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion (Thymapion) subfarinosum Desbrochers des Loges, 1897).

General distribution. Afghanistan, “Caucasus”, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Plant associations in Iran. Fraxinus excelsior L. (Oleaceae) (Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), surely an occasional.

Notes

Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 4759 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3737365

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Brentidae
Genus
Metapion
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Faust
Species
gaudiale
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Metapion gaudiale (Faust, 1885) sec. Ghahari & Colonnelli, 2020

References

  • Legalov, A. A., Ghahari, H. & Arzanov, G. Yu. (2010) Annotated catalogue of curculionid-beetles (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Brachyceridae, Dryophthoridae and Curculionidae) of Iran. Amurian zoological journal, 2 (3), 191 - 244.
  • Zare Khormizi, M., Heidari Latibari, M., Khandehroo, F., Moravvej, G. & Sadeghi Namaghi, H. (2016) First report of four Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from center and northeast of Iran. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 4 (4), 647 - 649.
  • Borumand, H. (1998) Insects of Iran: The list of Coleoptera in the insect collection of Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute. Coleoptera (XXIV): Curculionoidea: Fam. (Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae). Publication No. 2. Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Tehran, 110 pp.
  • Modarres Awal, M. (2012) Family Apionidae & family Brentidae. In: Modarres Awal, M. (Ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. 3 rd Edition. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Press, Mashhad, pp. 264 - 266 & pp. 268