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20 April 2021 Taxonomic Notes on Smicronyx Schoenherr, 1843 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Turkey
Mahmut Erbey, Halil Bolu
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Abstract

Four species of the genus Smicronyx Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) were examined in this study with Smicronyx albosquamosus Wollaston, S. coecus Reich, and S. syriacus Faust reported for the first time in Turkey. Given that S. jungermanniae Wollaston, S. reichii (Gyllenhal), S. sordidus LeConte, and S. fulvus LeConte were previously reported from Turkey, there are now seven species of Smicronyx in the insect fauna of Turkey. Specimens of S. albosquamosus, S. coecus, S. syriacus, and S. jungermanniae were collected from almond trees, Amygdalus communis L., in Eastern Southern Anatolia Region of Turkey and subjected to taxonomic study using primarily genitalia and reproductive structures to provide descriptions of these species with comparisons with previous studies.

Mahmut Erbey and Halil Bolu "Taxonomic Notes on Smicronyx Schoenherr, 1843 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Turkey," Journal of Entomological Science 56(2), 210-216, (20 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-56.2.210
Received: 25 May 2020; Accepted: 12 July 2020; Published: 20 April 2021
KEYWORDS
Aedeagus
Curculionidae
new records
Smicronyx
Turkey
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