Ceratapion beckeri (Desbrochers, 1875)

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

Ceratapion beckeri (Desbrochers, 1875)

Material examined: 1 ex., Keban , 7.9.2003 ; 1 ex., idem, 3.6.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 15.9.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 28.9.2004 ; 1 ex., Sivrice , 1.8.2003 ; 2 ex., idem, 6.10.2003 ; 2 ex., idem, 7.7.2004 ; 1 ex., Gezin , 11.6.2003 ; 1 ex., Mardin, 7.10.2004 ; 1 ex., Ömerli , 12.6.2002 ; 1 ex., idem, 3.9.2003 ; 13 ex.., idem, 7.6.2004 ; 2 ex., idem, 24.6.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 7.10.2004 ; 2 ex., Harput , 7.10.2003 .

Host plants of larva: Unknown (Wanat 1995).

Distribution: South and South-East Europe, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia (Wanat 1995), Israel ( Friedman & Freidberg 2007).

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