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Malvapion malvae

Description

Malvapion malvae (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Hoffmann 1968; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion malvae; Legalov et al. 2010), Northern Khorasan (Hoseini & Dousti 2015), Razavi Khorasan (Moderres Awal & Hossein Pour 2010; Legalov et al. 2010; Zare Khormizi et al. 2016), Tehran (Borumand 1998 as Apion (Malvapion) malvae; Legalov et al. 2010), West Azarbaijan (Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as A. (Malvapion) malvae).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Plant associations in Iran. Pinus mugo L. (Pinaceae) (Zare Khormizi et al. 2016); collecting on this plant is surely due to the migrating habits of several Apioninae.

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 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3737365

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Brentidae
Genus
Malvapion
Species
malvae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Malvapion malvae (Fabricius, 1775) sec. Ghahari & Colonnelli, 2020

References

  • Hoffmann, A. (1968) Contribution a la faune de l'Iran. 6. Coleopteres Curculionidae et Bruchidae. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie, 4 (1), 145 - 154.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Hoseini, Z. & Dousti, A. (2015) Snout beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) fauna from Northern Khorasan province of Iran. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, A. Entomology, 8 (2), 77 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.21608 / eajbsa. 2015.12903
  • Modarres Awal, M. & Hossein Pour, F. (2010) A contribution to the snout beetles fauna of Khorasan province in Iran (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 5 (2), 623 - 626.
  • 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.