Sphenophorus parumpunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838

Family

Dryophthoridae

Subfamily

Rhynchophorinae

Tribe

Sphenophorini

Distribution

Peloponnese and West Greece

Literature References

First Description

• Gyllenhal, L. (1838): In: Schoenherr C. J. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Tomus quartus, pars secunda. Parisiis: Roret; Lipsiae: Fleischer, pp. 601-1121.

Further Descriptions

• Lyal, C. H. C. (2011): Dryophthoridae- In I. Löbl & A. Smetana (ed.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 7. Stenstrup, Apollo Books 373 pp.
• Gastouniotis, G., Kakiopoulos, G. (2025) The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1): 87–96.

Findings

Peloponnese

• 1 ex.: Argolis, near Timenio, N37.57730, E22.72234, dead-dry, 5.VII.2016, leg., det. & coll. Georgios Gastouniotis

West Greece

• 1 ex.: Ilia, under log in field near Epitalio beach, 37.59691, E21.51241, 3.II.2019, leg., det. & coll. George Kakiopoulos