Amplotiorhynchus meschniggi (Petri, 1928)

Family

Curculionidae

Subfamily

Entiminae

Tribe

Otiorhynchini

Original Genus

Otiorhynchus

Distribution

Thessaly

Literature References

First Description

• Petri, K. (1928): Zwei neue Otiorrhynchus-Arten aus Griechenland. Koleopterologische Rundschau 14: 172-173.

Further Descriptions

• Magnano, L. (2004): Un nuovo genere della tribu Otiorhynchini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Snudebiller 5: 25-26.
• Penecke, Karl A. (1935): Neubeschreibungen, kritische Darlegungen und kurze Mitteilungen über paläarktische Curculioniden. - Koleopterologische Rundschau, Bd. 21 (Nr. 3/4). 93-112.

Findings

Thessaly

• 1 ex.: Olymp, Hütte, 2100m, 23.06.1956, leg. ?, det. Winkelmann, coll. Winkelmann
• Syntypus: 1 ex.: Thessalien, Olymp, Ing. Meschnigg, det. Otiorhynchus meschniggi Petri, coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
• 2 ex. (females): Olympus mountain, alpine pastures around the peak of Agios Antonios, altitude 2600m., 21/VIII/2005, under stones, leg., det., coll. G. Kakiopoulos.
• 2 ex. (males): Olympus mountain, between Vrysopoules military camp and peak of Agios Antonios, altitude 2200 - 2400m., 26/VII/2020, under stones, leg., det., coll. G. Kakiopoulos.