Miscellaneous notes on the systematics of and synonymy in Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
Author
Yunakov, Nikolai
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Institute of Biodiversity, NGO, 109 West Wyoming Ave., Melrose, MA 02176, USA
Author
Korotyaev, Boris
0000-0002-3492-2746
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia
Author
Alziar, Gabriel
2 сité Beauséjour, 12120 Cassagnes-Bégonhès, France
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Polydrusus
(
Eustolus
)
scapularis
Pesarini, 1975
Notes.
Pesarini (1975) overlooked
P. viridimaculatus
Pic, 1919
while describing
P. scapularis
, and compared his new species with
Polydrusus
(
Poecilodrusus
)
elegans
Reitter, 1887
,
P.
(
Poecilodrusus
)
viridicinctus
Gyllenhal, 1834
, and
P. (Eurodrusus) cervinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
, placing it in the
P. cervinus
species-group. The
paratype
of
Polydrusus scapularis
in the
ZIN
collection was examined. External morphology and the structure of aedeagus and spermatheca of
Polydrusus scapularis
give evidence that it is a junior synonym of
P. viridimaculatus
.