Aspidapion motschulskyi (Hochhuth) removed from synonymy with A. aeneum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Apionidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2011
Authors:C. Giusto
Journal:Koleopterologische Rundschau
Volume:81
Pagination:291-304
Date Published:September
:0075-6547
:Aspidapion (Koestlinia) motschulskyi
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Aspidapion (Koestlinia) motschulskyi (HOCHHUTH, 1847) (comb.n., stat.rev.) is removed from synonymy with Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum (FARRICIUS, 1775), redescribed and figured. A lectotype is designated for Apion motschulskyi HOCHHUTH, 1847. Aspidapion motschulskyi is recorded from Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Taphrotopium (s.str.) cuprifulgens (SCHILSKY, 1906) is recorded from Turkey for the first time.

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