Metapion merale (Faust, 1885)

Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4759 (2), pp. 151-178 : 163-164

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B788388B-D28A-4BFB-981F-007A462E6C94
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3811537
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03893164-E202-FFF3-FF5C-F8FEFBB0FEED
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Metapion merale (Faust, 1885)
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Treatment

Distribution in Iran. Golestan ( Wanat 1992; Ghahari & Colonnelli 2012), Northern Khorasan ( Hoffmann 1968 as Apion merale ), Mazandaran ( Legalov et al. 2010).

New material examined. Razavi Khorasan province, Kuh-e Binalud Mts., Torqabeh , 1700 m, N 36°17’ E 59°17’, 4♂♂, 2♀♀, 9.v.2008, leg. & collection M. Košťál GoogleMaps .

General distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Plant associations in Iran. Occasionally found on Artemisia herba-alba Asso (Asteraceae) ( Hoffmann 1968). All Metapion are associated with Rutaceae , and several species were collected by M. Košťál on Haplophyllum spp. in Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (M. Košťál, personal communication).