Otiorhynchus (Nihus) carinatopunctatus (Retzius)

Curculio carinatopunctatus Retzius, 1783

Otiorhynchus scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) [MI].

Curculio scaber Linnaeus, 1758 [MI].

Records. ČER ZAK IFR KHM LWI ZAK [Miller 1868: 25; Hildt 1893: 231; Endrődi 1960: 16; Arnoldi et al. 1974: 265; Mazur 2002: 236].

Distribution. Europe.

Material examined. 85 specimens (KUMN, ZMUN, ZIN) .

Note. Due to misidentification this widely distributed common species was mistakenly named Otiorhynchus

scaber, auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 during two centuries. The latter belongs to the genus Romualdius (tribe Trachyphloeini) and is well known under junior synonymic name Romualdius bifoveolatus (Beck, 1817) .

Biology. Montane deciduous and mixed forests. Adults occur in V–VIII. Polyphagous.