Assuanensius discoidalis (Tournier, 1873)

Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh, Colonnelli, Enzo, Fadl, Hassan Hamadna Allah & Dhafer, Hathal Mohamed Al, 2015, New Records of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4), pp. 639-644 : 641

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-69.4.639
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5413878
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD2215-FFB4-FFFB-FD16-08703DA3FDF2
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scientific name	Assuanensius discoidalis (Tournier, 1873)
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Assuanensius discoidalis (Tournier, 1873) ( Fig. 3 View Figs )

Material Examined. 5.iii.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 14.iv.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 5 ex.; 28.iv.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 1 ex.; 26.v.2012, BS on Acacia ehrenbergiana , 3 ex.

Distribution. Algeria, Libya ( Caldara 2013), Chad, Ethiopia ( Hoffmann 1963).

Notes. All specimens were c ollected by beating branches of A. ehrenbergiana .

References

Caldara, R., and V. Fogato. 2013. Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654: 1 - 105.

Hoffmann, A. 1963. Descriptions et observations concernant plusieurs especes de curculionides des regions sahariennes. Bulletin de l' Institut Francais d' Afrique Noire A 25 (1): 211 - 218.

Figures

Figs. 2–5. Adult habitus. 2) Assuanensius erectesetosus; 3) Assuanensius discoidalis; 4) Sharpia sabulicola, paratype; 5) Hypolixus pica. Scale bar = 1 mm.