An annotated checklist of the weevil fauna of Samos Island with new records for Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
Author
Germann, Christoph
Author
Müller, Gerd
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Müller, Ursula
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Schön, Karel
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Contributions to Natural History
2015
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10.5169/seals-787075
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Donus cyrtus
(GERMAR, 1821)
Larvae and adults of
D. cyrtus
were found under
Centaurea
sp. (Asteraceae)
at several localities (nos. 6, 10, 13 and 19) on the Oros Ambelos and Oros Kerkis. The larvae were successfully reared to adult stage.
Winkelmann & al. (2010)
already reported on the development of
D. cyrtus
on an undetermined
Centaurea
.
Another examination of
Pimpinella minor
(Rosaceae)
near Mesogio (no. 13) revealed further larvae of a
Donus
species.
After successful breeding, the adults could also be assigned to
D. cyrtus
.
In a feeding experiment with adults reared from
Asteraceae
,
P. minor
was also accepted, apart from the simultaneously offered
Centaurea
.
The determination was confirmed with a male specimen of
D. cyrtus
from the Greek mainland (Athens, collection Apfelbeck in NMB), and a specimen from
Bosnia-Herzegovina
(Mostar, collection StÖcklein in NMB) used for comparison.