Interesting records of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) in the steppe zone of the European part of Russia and the Urals

Abstract

Information is given on the records of fve poorly known species of weevils (Curculionidae) in the steppe zone of European Russia and the Urals, which signifcantly supplement the data on their ranges. Tree of these species, Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski et Caldara, 2011, Smicronyx albopictus Faust, 1881 and S. robustus Faust, 1885, are recorded for the fauna of Russia for the frst time. Recently described from the steppe regions of southwestern Russia, from Armenia and Romania Cionus rossicus Košťál et Caldara, 2019 and a rare steppe species Cionus gebleri Gyllenhal, 1838 are frst recorded for the Southern Urals.

Keywords

• weevils
• curculionidae
• steppe zone
• don region
• volga upland
• southern urals
• new records