Rhinusa comosa ( Rosenschoeld, 1838 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6169044 |
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Rhinusa comosa ( Rosenschoeld, 1838 ) |
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Rhinusa comosa ( Rosenschoeld, 1838)
Remarks. R. comosa is clearly distinct from the previous three taxa by the shape of the rostrum ( Figs. 3-4 and 8-9 View FIGURES 1 – 15 ) and the aedeagus ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 1 – 15 ). In dorsal view, the male rostrum is parallel-sided up to the apex and the sculpture, although equally distinctly striate-punctate, lacks a wide and deep longitudinal median sulcus ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 15 vs. Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 15 ). The penis is parallel-sided to the apex and more elongate and narrow than in the other three taxa ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 1 – 15 vs. Fig. 14 View FIGURES 1 – 15 ).
Biological notes. In Italy this species was collected on V. pulverulentum L. in Liguria (northern Italy) and Latium (central Italy), whereas in Sicily it was collected on V. thapsus and V. m a c r u r u m, sometimes together with R. tetra or R. verbasci . We have no exact biological data for the specimens collected in the Balkans and Turkey, where about 230 species of Verbascum occur, a noteworthy 200 of them being endemic ( Huber-Morath 1978).
Distribution. Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Uzbekhistan.
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