A FAUNISTIC STUDY ON THE FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM SEMNAN PROVINCE, IRAN

Authors

  • H. Ghahari Department of Plant Protection, Yadegar – e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Branch, Islamic Azad University
  • A.A. Legalov Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Laboratory of Phylogeny and Faunogenesis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2015-7-1-25-27

Keywords:

Coleoptera, Curculionidae, fauna, Semnan

Abstract

This paper deals with the species diversity of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from Semnan province. In total 24 species from 9 genera and 4 subfamilies Lixinae, Barididae, Curculioninae, Entiminae were collected and identified.

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Обложка издания "Амурский зоологический журнал" (т. VII, № 1)

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2015-03-30

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

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