Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius) species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Author Caldara, Roberto Author Casalini, Roberto Author Baviera, Cosimo text Zootaxa 2012 3329 31 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.281230 3aa9c3e9-4495-480b-8095-3eff3fee36a6 1175-5326 281230 Rhinusa comosa ( Rosenschoeld, 1838 ) Remarks. R. comosa is clearly distinct from the previous three taxa by the shape of the rostrum ( Figs. 3-4 and 8-9 ) and the aedeagus ( Fig. 15 ). In dorsal view, the male rostrum is parallel-sided up to the apex and the sculpture, although equally distinctly striate-punctate, lacks a wide and deep longitudinal median sulcus ( Fig. 3 vs. Fig. 1 ). The penis is parallel-sided to the apex and more elongate and narrow than in the other three taxa ( Fig. 15 vs. Fig. 14 ). Biological notes. In Italy this species was collected on V. pulverulentum L. in Liguria (northern Italy ) and Latium (central Italy ), whereas in Sicily it was collected on V. thapsus and V. m a c r u r u m , sometimes together with R. tetra or R. verbasci . We have no exact biological data for the specimens collected in the Balkans and Turkey , where about 230 species of Verbascum occur, a noteworthy 200 of them being endemic ( Huber-Morath 1978 ). Distribution. Italy , Croatia , Montenegro , Macedonia , Greece , Bulgaria , Turkey , Uzbekhistan.