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A review of the weevil genus Ptochus Schoenh. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) of the fauna of Daghestan

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A review of, and a key to seven species of the genus Ptochus Schoenherr from Daghestan are given. Five new species from inner Daghestan are described: P. gulnarae sp. n., P. obrieni sp. n., P. korotyaevi sp. n., P. davidiani sp. n., and P. avaricus sp. n. Ectmetaspidus daghestanicus Formánek, 1908 is transferred to Ptochus.

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Original Russian Text © M.Sh. Ismailova, 2006, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2006, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 602–617.

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Ismailova, M.S. A review of the weevil genus Ptochus Schoenh. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) of the fauna of Daghestan. Entmol. Rev. 86, 1002–1015 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806090041

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