MIARUS SCHOENHERR AND CLEOPOMIARUS PIERCE (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH CAMPANULA L. (CAMPANULACEAE) PLANTS IN THE EASTERN BLACK SEA REGION OF TURKEY

Gultekin N., Caldara R., GÜLTEKİN L.

COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN, cilt.75, sa.3, ss.505-511, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 75 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1649/0010-065x-75.3.505
  • Dergi Adı: COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.505-511
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: bellflower, Curculionoidea, new records, Palearctic
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The investigation of Campanula L. (Campanulaceae) plants in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey revealed three new Mecinini weevil species/host plant associations: Miarus ajugae (Herbst, 1795) with Campanula lactiflora Bieb., Cleopomiarus distinctus (Boheman, 1845) with Campanula alliariiafolia Willd. and Campanula rapunculoides L., and Cleopomiarus caucasicus Caldara and Legalov, 2016 with Campanula trachelium L. Of these weevil species, M. ajugae and C. caucasicus are new records for the fauna of Turkey. All three weevil species deposit their eggs in the ovary of the flowers and larvae feed on young seeds, where they pupate when mature.