Redescription of a weevil Paramecops sinaitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Sinai and an ecological study of its interaction with the Sinai milkweed Asclepias sinaica (Gentianales: Asclepiadaceae)

Redescription of a weevil Paramecops sinaitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Sinai and an ecological study of its interaction with the Sinai milkweed Asclepias sinaica (Gentianales: Asclepiadaceae)

We collected specimens of Paramecops sinaitus (Pic, 1930) (Curculionidae: Molytinae) from south Sinai in Egypt, which enabled us to make the first complete description of this species. We also include some taxonomic remarks on the genus. Paramecops solenostemmatis (Peyerimhoff, 1930) is a synonym of...

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Main Authors: Tim NEWBOLD, Massimo MEREGALLI, Enzo COLONNELLI, Maxwell BARCLAY, Shereen ELBANNA, Nancy ABU FANDUD, Frank FLEGG, Rasha FOUAD, Francis GILBERT, Vanessa HALL, Claire HANCOCK, Mona ISMAIL, Samr OSAMY, Isra'a SABER, Fayez SEMIDA, Samy ZALAT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2007-07-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
curculionidae
asclepias sinaica
chemical defence
coevolution
herbivory
new combination
new synonymies
paramecops sinaitus
plant-insect interactions
redescription
secondary metabolites
taxonomy
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