Otiorhynchus (Melasemnus) ovalipennis, Boheman, 1842

Ghahari, Hassan, Legalov, Andrei Aleksandrovich & Arzanov, Genrikh Yur’evich, 2009, An Annotated List of the Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and vicinity, Northwestern Iran, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9 (2), pp. 177-182 : 181

Otiorhynchus (Melasemnus) ovalipennis

Boheman, 1843

Syn.: Otiorhynchus crucirostris Hocchuth, 1851 ; Otiorhynchus brevipennis Stierlin, 1892 .

Material: East Azerbaijan province: Maragheh (1), August 2006 on Olea ferruginea ( Oleaceae ).

Distribution outside Iran: Western Palaearctic.

The results of this research indicate that there is a diverse fauna of Curculionidae in the Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and vicinity. Although only a few subfamilies were surveyed in this study, inventories of other subfamilies and additional collecting will result in many additional species being recorded from this region. Iran is a large country incorporating various geographical regions and climates and it is expected that a large number of curculionid species remain to be discovered. To find new species and distributional records, more studies should be conducted on this important insect group in Iran.