The red-listed species Thamnurgus rossicus in East Europe is a synonym of the rare Central European species, T. petzi (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Author Jordal, Bjarte H. University Museum of Bergen, PB 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway bjarte.jordal@um.uib.no Author Gebhardt, Heiko Maienfeldstr. 23 / 1, 72074 Tübingen, Germany Author Mandelshtam, Michail Y. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia text Zootaxa 2013 2013-12-17 3750 1 83 88 journal article 4772 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.1.6 49dc9e4d-a9a4-4d35-8b99-3f1051ea2131 1175-5326 5271971 913F5ED7-91FE-41DD-8CAB-773FFE16E019 Thamnurgus petzi Reitter ( Figs 2–5 ) Thamnurgus petzi , Reitter 1901 Thamnurgus rossicus Alekseev, 1957 , new synonymy . Diagnosis. Body 2.65–2.80 times longer than wide, mature colour black. Elytra with long, soft, semi-erect and strongly curved interstrial setae; strial setae shorter, recumbent. Declivity distinctly punctate, in females weakly bisulcate, surface transversely wrinkled. Reproduces in herbs of larkspur ( Delphinium ) or monkshood ( Aconitum ).