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Assuanensius discoidalis

Description

Assuanensius discoidalis (Tournier, 1873) (Fig. 3)

Material Examined. 5.iii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana, 1 ex.; 14.iv.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana, 5 ex.; 28.iv.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana, 1 ex.; 26.v.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana, 3 ex.

Distribution. Algeria, Libya (Caldara 2013), Chad, Ethiopia (Hoffmann 1963).

Notes. All specimens were c ollected by beating branches of A. ehrenbergiana.

Notes

Published as part of Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh, Colonnelli, Enzo, Fadl, Hassan Hamadna Allah & Dhafer, Hathal Mohamed Al, 2015, New Records of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pp. 639-644 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4) on page 641, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.639, http://zenodo.org/record/10106263

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References

  • Caldara, R., and V. Fogato. 2013. Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654: 1 - 105.
  • Hoffmann, A. 1963. Descriptions et observations concernant plusieurs especes de curculionides des regions sahariennes. Bulletin de l' Institut Francais d' Afrique Noire A 25 (1): 211 - 218.