Protapion trifolii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4759 (2), pp. 151-178 : 169

Protapion trifolii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013 as Apion aestivum Germar, 1817 ; Sanaei & Seiedy 2015, 2017), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1986 as Apion aestivum ), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997, 2012 as Apion aestivum ; Legalov et al. 2010; Nikdel 2015), Fars, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Qazvin (Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013 as Apion aestivum ), Golestan ( Hoffmann 1968 as Apion (Protapion) trifolii ), Hamadan ( Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion (Protapion) trifolii ; Khanjani & Kalafachi 2000; Legalov et al. 2010; Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013 as Apion aestivum ), Isfahan ( Yarmand et al. 2006; Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011 as Apion aestivum ), Khuzestan ( Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion (Protapion) trifolii ; Legalov et al. 2010), Lorestan ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Behdad 1993; Modarres Awal 1997, 2012 as Apion aestivum ; Legalov et al. 2010), Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997, 2012 as Apion trifolii ; Legalov et al. 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Borumand 1998; Modarres Awal 2012, both as Apion (Protapion) trifolii ; Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013 as Apion aestivum ), Iran (no exact locality cited) ( Esmailii et al. 2006; Khanjani 2006; Coşkuncu & Gencer 2010).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, European Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Plant associations in Iran. Apart for Fabaceae , all other plants are occasionally visited by this species. Anthemis sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1986), Artemisia sp. ( Asteraceae ), cotton, lucerne, clover ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997, 2012), sainfoin and sometimes on wheat and bean ( Modarres Awal 1997, 2012), Helianthus sp. ( Asteraceae ), Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Borumand 1998; Khanjani 2006), alfalfa fields ( Khanjani & Kalafachi 2000; Esmailii et al. 2006; Khanjani 2006; Modarres Awal 2012; Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013), Astragalus aureus Willd. (Fabaceae) , Trifolium badium Schreber , T. montanum L., T. pratense L. ( Fabaceae ) (Nikdel 2015), Fabaceae ( Sanaei & Seiedy 2017) .