Mecinus simus
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Subfamily
- Curculioninae
- Tribe
- Mecinini
- Original Genus
- Gymnetron
- Distribution
- Crete, Peloponnese, and South Aegean
Literature References
First Description
- Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. (1859): Description de quelques curculionites nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles d'Agriculture et d'industrie de Lyon (3) 2: 259-302.
Further Descriptions
- Caldara, R., Fogato, V. (2013): Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654 (1): 1-105.
- Caldara, R., Sassi, D., Montagna, M. (2013): Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). II. Phylogenetic analysis based on adult morphological characters and host plant information. Zootaxa 3664 (2): 136-148.
Findings
Crete
- 2 ex.: Is. Gavdos, Kastri, 200 m, 24.04.2015, sweeping Plantago, leg. Colonnelli, det. Colonnelli, coll. Colonnelli
Peloponnese
- 1 ex.: Messinia, Mt. Taygetos SW, Langada, 36°42'25''N 22°22'33''E, 315 m, 31.05.2011, leg. Winkelmann, det. Winkelmann, coll. Winkelmann
South Aegean
- 3 ex.: Rhodes, Kolymbia, at the beach, 36°15'17''N 28°10'06''E, 06.04.2007, leg. Bahr, Bayer, Brunner & Winkelmann, det. Winkelmann, coll. Bahr, Bayer & Winkelmann
