Tychiini and Mecinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Curculioninae) of Iran: eleven species recorded for the first time, with new data on host plants and distribution of several species
نویسندگان
1 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Exiension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P. O. Box 13185-116, Iran.
2 Tehran University, Aburayhan Faculty, Department of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran.
3 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of East Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.
4 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
5 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of West Azarbaijan, Urumiyeh, Iran.
6 Center of Alpine Entomology, University of Milan, Italy.
7 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Exiension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P. O. Box 13185-116, Iran,
8 Department of Insect Taxonomy, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection Research, Tehran, P. O. Box 1454 Iran.
9 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Exiension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P. O. Box 13185-116, Iran.
10 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Exiension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P. O. Box 13185-116, Iran.
11 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Kohkiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Yasuj, Iran.
12 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Qom, Iran.
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چکیده
A faunistic study on the tribes Tychiini and Mecinini (Curculionidae, Curculioninae) was carried out during the years 2010-2013 in different ecological regions of Iran. Twenty nine species belonging to the genera Mecinus Germar, 1821, Gymnetron Schoenherr, 1825, Rhinusa Stephens, 1829, Cleopomiarus Pierce, 1919, Tychius Germar, 1817 and Sibinia Germar, 1817 were collected. Localities and ecological notes on each species are provided. Among these, The following 11 species are new to the Iranian fauna: Mecinus crassifemur (Arzanov, 1991), Mecinus simus (Mulsant & Rey, 1859), Gymnetron linkei Reitter, 1907, Rhinusa antirrhini (Paykull, 1800), Rhinusa brondelii (H. Brisout de Barneville, 1862), Rhinusa florum (Rübsaamen, 1895), Tychius reitteri Faust, 1889, Tychius tridentinus Penecke, 1922, Sibinia aureofulva (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875), Sibinia pellucens (Scopoli, 1772), Sibinia unicolor Fảhraeus, 1843, whereas all other 18 species are new for one or more provinces. Host plants of several species reported for the first time and commented as well.
