Sphenophorus abbreviatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Family

Dryophthoridae

Subfamily

Rhynchophorinae

Tribe

Sphenophirini

Original Genus

Curculio

Distribution

East Macedonia and Thrace, Ionian Islands, and Peloponnese

Literature Reference

First Description

• Fabricius, J. C. (1787): Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tomus I. Hafniae: C. G. Profit, xx + 348 pp.

Findings

East Macedonia and Thrace

• 1 ex.: Rhodope, Pagouria, 28.05.1999, leg. Marggi, det. Behne, coll. Messutat

Ionian Islands

• 1 ex.: Lake Keriu, 13.05.1996, leg. Erhard & Schmalfuss, det. Behne, coll. Museum Stuttgart

Peloponnese

• 1 ex.: Slimfaki, Prov. Korinthia, 05.05.2010, leg. Ziegler, det. Winkelmann, coll. Ziegler