Alcidodes karelinii

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Mecysolobini
Genus: Alcidodes
Species: Alcidodes karelinii

Alcidodes karelinii (Boheman, 1844).

Type locality: Iran, Gorgan (originally "Astrabad, Persiae")

Typus: Unknown. ["Dom. Karelin"/ "Mannerheim donatus"]

• "Alcides" karelinii Boheman, 1844 (in Schoenherr, 1844): 65. [Here the indication is that Boheman attributes the taxon to Schoenherr but later ignored by others] (see also Andrew & Ramamurthy 2010: 285 as a junior synonym of Sternuchopsis chaudoiri (Chevrolat, 1844)).
• Alcidodes karelini (sic) (Boheman, 1844); Lyal & Curran, 2000: 1744. (indirect reference).
• Merus karelinii (Boheman, 1844) per Mukhtarova et al. 2013; cited in Gültekin et al., 2019.
• Sternuchopsis karelinii (Boheman, 1844) per Korotyaev 2015, Legalov et al. 2015; cited in Gültekin et al., 2019.
• Alcidodes karelinii (Boheman, 1844) per Löbl & Smetana 2013: 483, Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017: 473; Alonso-Zarazaga 2023: 494.

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Barrios, H., Borovec, R., Bouchard, P., Caldara, R., Colonnelli, E., Gültekin, L., Hlaváč, P., Korotyaev, B.A., Lyal, C.H.C., Machado, A., Meregalli, M., Pierotti, H., Ren, L., Sánchez-Ruiz, M., Sforzi, A., Silfverberg, H., Skuhrovec, J., Trýzna, M., Velázquez de Castro, A.J. & Yunakov, N.N. 2017. Cooperative Catalogue of Palaeartic Coleoptera Curculionoidea. Monografias electrónicas SEA 8: 1–729. PDF. Reference page. 
• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Barrios, H., Borovec, R., Bouchard, P., Caldara, R., Colonnelli, E., Gültekin, L., Hlaváč, P., Korotyaev, B.A., Lyal, C.H.C., Machado, A., Meregalli, M., Pierotti, H., Ren, L., Sánchez-Ruiz, M., Sforzi, A., Silfverberg, H., Skuhrovec, J., Trýzna, M., Velázquez de Castro, A.J. & Yunakov, N.N. 2023. Cooperative Catalogue of Palaeartic Coleoptera Curculionoidea. 2nd Edition. Monografias electrónicas SEA 14: 1–780. PDF. Reference page. 
• Andrew, J.P. & Ramamurthy, V.V. 2010. A checklist of weevils of the tribe Mecysolobini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae). Oriental insects 44: 271–336. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2010.10417619 Reference page. 
• Gültekin L., Korotyaev B.A., Gültekin N., Davidian G.E., Güdek M., 2019. Diagnosis and distribution of Alcidodes karelinii (Boheman, 1844): a new record for Turkey (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Mecysolobini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 145(1): 91–100.
• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) 2013. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera: Vol. 8 Curculionoidea II. Brill, Leiden. 700 pp. Archive-Names indexISBN 978-90-04252-06-6 Reference page. 
• Schönherr, C.J. 1844. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, O.J. Fahraeus et entomologis aliis illustratae. Roret, Parisii / Fred. Fleischer, Lipsia. 8 (1) : 1–442 BHL. Reference page. 

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