Pissodes (Pissodes) castaneus (DeGeer, 1775)

Family

Curculionidae

Subfamily

Molytinae

Tribe

Molytini

Original Genus

Curculio

Distribution

Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace, and Peloponnese

Synonyms

• brunneus Panzer, 1795 (Curculio)
• fabricii Stephens, 1831
• notatus Fabricius, 1787 (Curculio)
• palmes Herbst, 1795 (Curculio)

Literature Reference

First Description

• DeGeer, C. (1775): Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insectes. Tome cinquième. Stockholm: Pierre Hesselberg, vii + [1] + 448 pp., 16 pls.

Findings

Central Macedonia

• 4 ex.: 13.05.2013 NE Greece Lailias mts N Serres ca. 1700m 41.2621N, 23.6029E leg. & coll. P. Z. Białooki, det. C. Germann
• 1 ex.: Chalkidike, 14 km W Ierisós, Gomati, 150 m, 40°23'22''N 23°48'08''E, 16.07.2003, leg. Bayer, det. Winkelmann, coll. Bahr
• 2 ex.: Chalkidiki, Cholomondas Geb., 866 m, 40°28'45''N 23°34'08''E, 25.07.2005, leg. Müller, det. Winkelmann, coll. Bahr
• 1 ex.: Mt. Piera, Elatochori, 05.06.2013, leg. Messutat, det. Messutat, coll. Messutat

East Macedonia and Thrace

• 1 ex.: Achladhia, 4,0km WSW, 29.05.2017, leg. J. Messutat, det. J. Messutat, coll. J. Messutat
• 1 ex.: Mts, Falakro, Waldlichtung, 25.05.2016, leg. J. Messutat, det. J. Messutat, coll. J. Messutat

Peloponnese

• 2 ex.: N Ta Phania, Forestry Erymantos, 1700m, 16.6.2024, leg. M. Balkenohl, det. C. Germann, coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

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