22 Ara 2024 Pazar
Cycloderes armeniacus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1957 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Iğdır: A new record for Turkey and first food plant
Abstract :Three adult samples of Cycloderes armeniacus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1957 were collected on rosette plant of Astragalus latifolius Lam. (Fabaceae) when feeding on leaves in Iğdır province at stony semi-desert habitat. This is the first collecting after description 64 years, it is new record for Turkish fauna and A. latifolius is first food plant record for the species. Morphological description is upgraded, genital structures are described for the first time.
Cycloderes, morphology, food plant, new record, Iğdır, Turkey