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Distribution ranges of weevils of the genera Araxia Khnzorian and Ptochomorphus F. Solari (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae) with disjunction in the Kura-Aras Lowland

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The distributional characteristics of Pimelia cursor Ménétries, 1832 (Tenebrionidae), Araxia mucronata Khnzorian, 1957, A. cristofaroi Gültekin et Borovec, 2008, and Ptochomorphus latiscrobs (Hochhuth, 1847) (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Sciaphilini) are considered. It is shown that the ranges of P. cursor, A. mucronata, and P. latiscrobs have similar disjunction in the Kura-Aras Lowland. A presumable scenario of the origin of this disjunction is discussed.

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  1. All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 189620, Russia

    G. E. Davidian

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

    L. Gültekin

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Original Russian Text © G.E. Davidian, L. Gültekin, 2015, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrebie, 2015, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 112–117.

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Davidian, G.E., Gültekin, L. Distribution ranges of weevils of the genera Araxia Khnzorian and Ptochomorphus F. Solari (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae) with disjunction in the Kura-Aras Lowland. Entmol. Rev. 95, 49–53 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873815010066

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