Report on weevil species collected in several regions of the Polish Western Carpathians in August 2004 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

A report of a study trip into several geographical regions of the Western Carpathians which has been undertaken by participants of the 3rd International Conference of the CURCULIO Institute in Poland (Krakow and Ochotnica Gorna) in August 2004 is given. In the course of this journey 2050 specimens of weevils have been collected. They represent 214 species of the superfamily Curculionoidea (Anthribidae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae, Apionidae, Nanophyidae, Erirhinidae, and Curculionidae). Ranunculiphilus pseudinclemens is a new record for Poland and the Tatra Mountains, and several new weevil species for the faunas of particular regions were also found; Gorce Mountains - 16 new records, Pieniny Spiskie - 8, Pieniny Centralne - 8, and the Male Pieniny Mountains - 5 "new" species. Choragus sheppardi, Ceratapion austriacum, Oxystoma opeticum, Protapion gracilipes, Cionus ganglbaueri, Dorytomus filirostris, Ellescus scanicus, Rhynchaenus rufus, Trachystyphlus beigerae, Ceutorhynchus dubius, Ceutorhynchus lukesi, Mogulones angulicollis, Neophytobius granatus, Kyklioacalles suturatus, Graptus kaufmanni (= Alophus kaufmanni), Dodecastichus pulverulentus, Limobius borealis, Donus tesselatus, Limobius borealis, Lixus albomarginatus and Larinus sturnus are very rare weevil species in the Polish Carpathians, and many other species are rare in this area. Localities, circumstances, methods, biotopes and some characteristic plants are presented. Finally the remarkable species of the studied regions and the Western Carpathians are discussed.