Revision of the genus Foucartia Jacquelin du Val, 1855 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Sciaphilini)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2010
Authors:R. Borovec, Pelletier J.
Journal:Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae
Volume:73
Pagination:1-26
Date Published:2009(2010)
:1211-376X
:Foucartia
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The genus Foucartia Jacquelin du Val, 1855 is revised and redescribed. The genus Parafoucartia F. Solari, 1948 is transferred from the tribe Brachyderini Schoenherr, 1826 to Sciaphilini Lacordaire, 1863 and proposed as a synonym of the genus Foucartia. All Foucartia species are redescribed, illustrated and listed in a key and a check-list. Three new species are described, F. behnei sp. n. from Greece, F. helenae sp. n. from Macedonia and F. podlussanyi sp. n. from Turkey. The following new synonymies are established: Foucartia similaris Tournier, 1876 of F. chloris Kiesenwetter, 1864; F. kricheldorffi Reitter, 1915 of F. elongata Tournier, 1876; F. conicicollis Reitter, 1892 and F. squamulata ssp. carsiona G. Mueller, 1937 of F. squamulata (Herbst, 1795); F. notatipennis Pic, 1904 and F. notatipennis var. subobliterata Pic, 1904 of Argoptochus championi (Reitter, 1891). Lectotypes of Foucartia elegans Kraatz, 1859, F. similaris Tournier, 1876, F. burghauseri Reitter, 1905, F. conicicollis Reitter, 1892 and F. kricheldoiffz Reitter, 1915 are designated. Genitalia of males and females of all presented species are described and illustrated for the first time.

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