Thamnurgus petzi Reitter, 1901

Jordal, Bjarte H., Gebhardt, Heiko & Mandelshtam, Michail Y., 2013, The red-listed species Thamnurgus rossicus in East Europe is a synonym of the rare Central European species, T. petzi (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3750 (1), pp. 83-88 : 87-88

Thamnurgus petzi Reitter

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Thamnurgus petzi, Reitter 1901

Thamnurgus rossicus Alekseev, 1957 , new synonymy.

Diagnosis. Body 2.65–2.80 times longer than wide, mature colour black. Elytra with long, soft, semi-erect and strongly curved interstrial setae; strial setae shorter, recumbent. Declivity distinctly punctate, in females weakly bisulcate, surface transversely wrinkled. Reproduces in herbs of larkspur ( Delphinium ) or monkshood ( Aconitum ).

Figures

FIGURES 2–5. Thamnurgus petzi, dorsal view, with declivity enlarged. 2–3, immature female specimen of T. petzi collected in Windischgarsten in Oberösterreich; 4–5, mature female specimen of T. rossicus collected in Streletskaya steppe, Kursk.