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New or Little-Known Taxa of the Weevil Subgenus Pseudotiorhynchus, Genus Otiorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran

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Four new species of the subgenus Pseudotiorhynchus Magnano, 2004 are described: Otiorhynchus napolovi Savitsky, sp. n. from Kazakhstan, O. karagurensis Savitsky, sp. n. from Turkmenistan, O. artemisiae Savitsky, sp. n., and O. parartemisiae Savitsky, sp. n. from Iran. New data on the distribution and morphology of O. christophi Stierlin, 1876 are presented. A new key to all the 23 species of the ruminalis group of Pseudotiorhynchus is given.

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The author is sincerely grateful to B.A. Korotyaev (ZIN) and A.A. Gusakov (ZMMU) for the opportunity of examination of the material from the relevant collections.

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The study was performed within the framework of the “Noah’s Ark” project of Moscow State University and state project no. AAAA-A16116021660095-7.

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Savitsky, V.Y. New or Little-Known Taxa of the Weevil Subgenus Pseudotiorhynchus, Genus Otiorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. Entmol. Rev. 100, 254–275 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820020141

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