Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 105 (4), 2000 : 401-418.
Weevil fauna from Los Monegros, north-east Spain (Coleóptera, Curculionoidea)
Antonio VELÁZQUEZ De CASTRO*1, Javier BLASCO-ZUMETA**,
Enzo COLONNELLI* * * , Jean PELLETIER****, Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga***** & Manuel SÁNCHEZ-RUIZ*****
*Depto de Biología Animal 1, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Espagne. **Hispanidad 8, 50750 Pina de Ebro, Zaragoza, Espagne. ***ViaNicoló Piccinino 15, 00176 Rome, Italie.
****5, rue de la Saulaie, F -37380 Monnaie. ***** Depto de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (C.S.I.C.), José Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Espagne
The weevil fauna of Spain is very poorly known if compared with that of other countries of Europe. Volumes concerning Curculionoidea of the main work on Spanish fauna, the so-called "Fauna Ibérica" monographs still await publication, so the only catalogue of weevils from Spain is that published by Iglesias (1922). At present, there are only isolate studies on Curculionoidea from some areas (Compte, 1981, Moroder, 1921, 1924, Roudier, 1954, Velázquez De Castro & Martín, 1992, Velázquez De Castro et al., 1990, Sanz, 1994, this last survey probably the most complete). No investigations have been made on the weevil fauna of north-east Spain, despite this area holds interesting zones, among them the arid site known as Los Monegros (fig. 1). However, a comprehensive study of fauna and flora of Los
' Correspondence : Calle Dénia n° 6, pta.4, E -46006 Valencia, Espagne.
