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On the Systematics of the Weevil Genera Polydrusus Germar and Paophilus Faust (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae)

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Southern Siberian weevils Paophilus albilaterus (Faust, 1882) and P. hispidus (Faust, 1882) are transferred to the subgenus Eurodrusus Korotyaev et Meleshko, 1997 of the genus Polydrusus Germ., in which the following new combinations are formed: Polydrusus albilaterus (Faust, 1882), comb. n. and Polydrusus hispidus (Faust, 1882), comb. n.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We cordially thank for making photographs of the beetles G.E. Davidian (All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg–Pushkin) and K.V. Makarov (Moscow State Pedagogical University) who also made several useful comments on the text.

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The study by B.A. Korotyaev was performed based on the ZIN collection within the State Program no. 1021051302540-6.

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  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    B. A. Korotyaev

  2. Belarusian State University, 220050, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

    J. Ye. Meleshko

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Correspondence to B. A. Korotyaev.

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Korotyaev, B.A., Meleshko, J.Y. On the Systematics of the Weevil Genera Polydrusus Germar and Paophilus Faust (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae). Entmol. Rev. 103, 323–331 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823030090

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