First record of Brachytemnus porcatus (Germar, 1823) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from South-eastern Anatolia (Turkey) and its host Pinus parviflora Author Legalov, Andrei A. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze street 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. & Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. Author Çelik, Hakan Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, TR 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey. E-mails: 144061018 a @ gmail. com, besni @ dicle. edu. tr Author Bolu, Halil Dicle University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, TR 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey. E-mails: 144061018 a @ gmail. com, besni @ dicle. edu. tr text Ecologica Montenegrina 2021 2021-04-12 41 69 72 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.41.10 journal article 300851 10.37828/em.2021.41.10 e592ec49-8af1-41c6-9e06-3e0ccd36146c 2336-9744 13233206 Brachytemnus porcatus (Germar, 1823) Fig. 1 Material examined: multiple specimens ( DU , ISEA ), Turkey , Diyarbakır , Sur District , 37°53'31.8"N , 40°16'22.2"E , 666 m . General distribution: North Africa: Algeria , Morocco ; Europe: Azores, Spain , France , Germany , Austria , Denmark , Sweden , Poland , Belarus , Latvia , Lithuania , Italia , Switzerland , Albania , Greece , Montenegro , Romania , Croatia , Czech Republic , Slovakia , Slovenia , Hungary , Bulgaria ( Folwaczny 1973 ; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017 ), Ukraine : Ternopil Prov. , Sumy Prov. , Kyiv Prov. , Kharkiv Prov. , Donetsk Prov. , Luhansk Prov. , Crimea ( Yunakov et al. 2018 ), Russia : Ulyanovsk Prov. ( Isaev 2007 ); Asia: Lebanon , Syria , Cyprus , Turkey ( Folwaczny 1973 ; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017 ). Figure 1. Brachytemnus porcatus , laterally. Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Distribution in Turkey : Brachytemnus porcatus was previously found in Province of Bursa : Iznik and Tokat Province : Erbaa ( Folwaczny 1973 ). The present record is new for Province of Diyarbakır : Sur District. Figure 2. Distribution of Brachytemnus porcatus in Turkey: black circle – old records, red circle – new record. Figure 3. Habitat of Brachytemnus porcatus in Pinus parviflora (photo by H. Bolu). Host plant: Pinus , Picea , Abies , Cedrus ( Dieckmann 1983 ) . Host plant in Turkey : Pinus parviflora Siebold & Zucc. ( Pinaceae ). Remarks . This study was carried out on pine trees ( Pinus parviflora ) in Dicle University Campus, Faculty of Agriculture. This study was conducted in 2019 on pine trees in Province of Diyarbakır (Sur District) in South-eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey . Shot samples were taken from the dried pine trees and brought to the laboratory. The samples brought to the laboratory were divided into small pieces and placed in 20X20X 30 cm plastic containers covered with thin cheesecloth. Samples were cultured in plastic containers at the temperature of 26±1°C, relative humidity of 65±5, and illumination of 3500 lux for 16 hours per day.