Aparopion costatum (Fåhraeus, 1843)

Hlaváč, Peter, 2020, Review of the tribe Typoderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Caucasus with the description of a new species of Caulomorphus from Armenia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 629-638 : 634

Aparopion costatum (Fåhraeus, 1843)

( Figs 1e , 4g )

Trachodes costatum Fåhraeus, 1843: 409 (original description).

Aparopion costatum : Zඎඉඉൺ & Oඌൾඅඅൺ (1999): 9 (redescription, all previous relevant references listed).

Type locality. ‘Passau Bavariae’ [= Germany, Bavaria, Passau].

Material examined. GEORGIA: Iආൾඋൾඍං: Borjomi-Kharagauli NP, vill. Nunisi, SAMPLE 3, sifting in mixed forest, 41°56′41.5″N, 43°24′33.3″E, 880 m, numerous spec., P. Hlaváč lgt. ( CPHP). KൺκΗൾඍං: Tetritsklebi env., deciduous forest, sifting, 41.861638N, 45.337633E, 1300 m, 15.vii.2015, 1 spec., M.Kocian lgt.( CPHP); Pshaveli env., above Lechuri, deciduous, forest sifting, 42.147491N, 45.413303E, 580 m, 14.vii.2015, 2 spec., Z. Švec lgt. ( CPHP). Sඏൺඇൾඍං: Valley of the Khuberi River, leaf litter sifting, 42.856190N, 42.039260E, 720 m, 4.vii.2015, 1 ♀, 2 spec., 11.vii.2015, 1 spec., M. Kocian lgt. ( CPHP). NORTH MACEDONIA: Bistra Mts., Mavrovo env., valley of Radika River, 1515 m, 17.vi.2011, 1 spec., P. Hlaváč lgt. ( CPHP). RUSSIA: Wൾඌඍൾඋඇ Cൺඎർൺඌඎඌ: 4 km NNE Krasnaya Polyana, 43°42′30′′N, 40°10′32′′E, 1000 m, 18.vii.2011, 2 spec., V. Assing ( PHPC).

Distribution. Species widely distributed in central and southern Europe but absent in western Europe, the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.So far reported from Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Russia (southern European territory), Turkey, and Ukraine.

Figures

Fig. 1. Dorsal habitus. a – Adexius scrobipennis Gyllenhal, 1834; b – Anchonidium caucasicum Motschulsky, 1845; c – Caulomorphus kociani sp. nov.; d – Anchonidium perpensum Faust, 1886; e – Aparopion costatum (Fåhraeus, 1843); f – Pseudaparopion kadleci Borovec, Osella & Zuppa, 2002.

Fig. 4. Anchonidium caucasicum Motschulsky, 1845: a – antenna; b – abdominal ventrites I–V; c – spermatheca; d – sternite VIII. Anchonidium perpensum Faust, 1886: e – spermatheca; f – sternite VIII. Aparopion costatum (Fåhraeus, 1843): g – antenna. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.