Zaslavskypera libanotidis ( Reitter, 1896 )

Legalov, Andrei A., Agrikolyanskaya, Natalia I., Dudko, Roman., Zinovyev, Evgeny V. & Gurina, Anna A., 2023, First record of Zaslavskypera libanotidis (Reitter, 1896) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the late Pleistocene of Western Siberia, Ecologica Montenegrina 70, pp. 157-163 : 158-160

Zaslavskypera libanotidis ( Reitter, 1896)

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Fossil material: 2 pieces of left elytron ( Fig. 1 ), 1 right elytron, Altaiskii Krai , Loktevsky District , Ustyanka River, 8 km NNE of Pokrovka, section I, sample 18, depth of 4.88-4.94 m, fragment Nos 115-117, 51°15'38.0''N, 81°28'57.2''E, 30.VI.-3.VII.2020, A. Gurina, R. et E. Dudko, N. Golosova .

Recent material: RUSSIA, 1 male, Novosibirskaya Oblast, Chanovsky District, near Karachi Lake , 24-28. V.1971, V. Mordkovich ; 2 males, Novosibirskaya Oblast, Zdvinsky District, 5 km NE of Shirokaya Kurja, near Fadikha Lake , meadow-steppe fallow, sifting, 54.6046°N, 78.1896°E, 17.IX.2023, R. Dudko ; 1 female, Altai Republic, Ongudaisky District, near Tuekta , 50°51'N, 85°52'E, 30.IX.2016, R. Dudko ; 1 female, Krasnoyarskii Krai, Krasnoyarsk, Enisei River , left bank, southern slope, 23. V.2010, H. Borisova ; 1 female, CZECH REPUBLIC, “ Moravie ” .

Remarks. This species was previously known from Altaiiskii Krai and Novosibirskaya Oblast ( Legalov 2020b). The records of Z. interruptovittata (Desbrochers des Loges, 1875) from Novosibirskaya Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast and Krasnoyarskii Krai ( Legalov, Opanassenko 2000; Krivets, Legalov 2002; Legalov 2020b) were based on an incorrect determination of Z. libanotidis .

Z. libanotidis differs from Z. interruptovittata and Z. rogenhoferi (Ferrari, 1866) in the middle part of third to fifth elytral interstriae bearing pale or white scales, and also the widest part of the elytra is in the posterior half ( Skuhrovec 2009).

Host plants. Z. libanotidis , like other species of the genus Zaslavskypera , develops on plants of the family Apiaceae . Seseli libanotis (L.) (= Libanotis montana , = L. pyrenaica was recorded as the host plant ( Reitter 1896; Smreczyński 1968; Skuhrovec 2005).

Habitats. Specimens from Western Siberia were collected in dry meadows or meadow-steppe.

Distribution. South-Eastern Europe and Western Siberia.

Figures

Figure 1. Zaslavskypera libanotidis, modern (A) and late Pleistocene (B, C). A – body, male, habitus, dorsally, Novosibirskaya Oblast, Fadikha Lake; B – part of left elytron, C – part of right elytron.

Figure 2. Distribution map of Zaslavskypera libanotidis. Red circles – modern finds, blue rhombus – the Pleistocene record.