Abstract
This paper presents a survey of data on two weevil species not recorded for the fauna of Serbia till now. Despite their large size, Liparus (Liparus) glabrirostris Küster, 1849 and Hylobius (Callirus) abietis (Linnaeus, 1758) have not been recorded for Serbia in the newest Palaearctic weevil catalogue (Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2017) or in the Fauna Europaea (Alonso-Zarazaga et al., 2013, https://fauna-eu.org/). In this paper L. glabrirostris, found in a single locality on Mt Goč, is registered as the third representative of the genus Liparus Olivier, 1807 in Serbia. Hylobius abietis is a serious, widely distributed conifer pest, but was not faunistically registered for Serbia till now. Some ecological data and distribution maps with Serbian locations are given for both species.
Highlights
Entomological collections are important sources of information and very often sources of interesting discoveries, like the two in this paper
Comparison of different findings, i.e., personal weevil collection, and one old, student’s entomological collection, with literature sources about the weevil fauna registered so far in Serbia (ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et al, 2017) gave a chance to write this paper about Serbian findings of two weevil species, characterized by large bodies − Liparus (Liparus) glabrirostris Küster, 1849 and Hylobius (Callirus) abietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
One of the largest European weevils, L. glabrirostris has not been recorded for Serbia so far
Summary
Entomological collections are important sources of information and very often sources of interesting discoveries, like the two in this paper. One of the largest European weevils (with body up to 19 mm long), L. glabrirostris has not been recorded for Serbia so far It is not listed for our country either in the Fauna Europaea database (ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et al, 2013, https://fauna-eu.org/), or in the latest Catalogue of Palaearctic weevils (ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et al, 2017). This is true for H. abietis (Linnaeus, 1758), a well-known and widely distributed forest pest. In this paper data on findings of these species with ecological notes for both are given
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