Lixus convexicollis Petri, 1904

Bolu, Halil & Legalov, Andrei A., 2008, On the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) fauna of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Orchards in South-eastern and Eastern Anatolia in Turkey, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 75-86 : 75-86

Lixus convexicollis Petri, 1904

Material examined: 1 ex., 2 ex., Sivrice , 20.8.2003 ; 1 ex., Gezin , 18.8.2003 ; 1 ex., idem, 7.8.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 31.8.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 7.9.2004 ; 2 ex., idem, 3.9.2003 ; 1 ex., Mardin, 22.10.2004 ; 4 ex., Akbağ , 3.9.2003 ; 1 ex., idem, 1.7.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 7.10.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 1.10.2004 ; 3 ex., 5 ex., Ömerli , 14.8.2003 ; 1 ex., 2 ex., idem, 24.8.2003 ; 1 ex., 1 ex., idem, 3.9.2003 ; 1 ex., idem, 24.6.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 7.10.2004 ; 1 ex., Yeºilli, 2.7.2003; 1 ex., Ergani , 14.10.2004 ; 1 ex., Çermik , 18.7.2003 .

Host plants of larva: Unknown ( Ter-Minassian 1967).

Distribution: Armenia, Syria ( Ter-Minassian 1967), Asia Minor.

Remarks: An incidental species on almonds. Imago feed in addition on this plant.