An annotated checklist of the weevil fauna of Samos Island with new records for Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
Author
Germann, Christoph
Author
Müller, Gerd
Author
Müller, Ursula
Author
Schön, Karel
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Contributions to Natural History
2015
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10.5169/seals-787075
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Brachycerus cinereus
OLIVIER, 1807
One specimen of
B. cinereus
was found feeding on the endemic
Galanthus elwesii
on the Oros Ambelos (
Fig. 2
), a genus which was not yet documented as a feeding plant for any
Brachycerus
.
More than 40 species of
Brachycerus
are known from the Palaearctic realm, most of them in the Mediterranean region (Friedman & Sagiv 2010). The host plants and feeding plants of
Brachycerus
are
Amaryllidaceae
,
Araceae
,
Liliaceae
and interestingly also
Orchidaceae
(
Germann 2003
,
2009
, Friedman & Sagiv 2010).