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7 December 2021 Miarus Schoenherr and Cleopomiarus Pierce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Species Associated with Campanula L. (Campanulaceae) Plants in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey
Neslihan Gültekin, Roberto Caldara, Levent Gültekin
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Abstract

The investigation of Campanula L. (Campanulaceae) plants in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey revealed three new Mecinini weevil species/host plant associations: Miarus ajugae (Herbst, 1795) with Campanula lactiflora Bieb., Cleopomiarus distinctus (Boheman, 1845) with Campanula alliariiafolia Willd. and Campanula rapunculoides L., and Cleopomiarus caucasicus Caldara and Legalov, 2016 with Campanula trachelium L. Of these weevil species, M. ajugae and C. caucasicus are new records for the fauna of Turkey. All three weevil species deposit their eggs in the ovary of the flowers and larvae feed on young seeds, where they pupate when mature.

Neslihan Gültekin, Roberto Caldara, and Levent Gültekin "Miarus Schoenherr and Cleopomiarus Pierce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Species Associated with Campanula L. (Campanulaceae) Plants in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey," The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(3), 505-511, (7 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.3.505
Received: 18 April 2020; Accepted: 2 August 2021; Published: 7 December 2021
KEYWORDS
bellflower
Curculionoidea
new records
Palearctic
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