The First Record of the Weevil Thamiocolus imperialis (Schultze, 1895) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in the Urals

Authors

  • Sergei V. Dedyukhin Udmurt State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-3-319-325

Keywords:

weevils, Curculionidae, Thamiocolus imperialis, Bashkiria, Shikhan Tratau, deciduous forest, first record, relict

Abstract

Abstract. The article presents information about the record of a rare weevil, Thamiocolus imperialis (Schultze, 1895), a representative of the European nemoral fauna, in the Bashkir Cis-Urals, 1,500 km to the east of previously known records. The beetle was collected in a shady broad-leaved (maple-linden) forest on the north-eastern slope of the Tratau shikhan by mowing the undergrowth, where two of its known host plants (Lamium album L. and Stachys sylvatica L.) grew. The known data on the distribution, biotopic and trophic relationships of the species, as well as its probable relict status in the Southern Urals, are discussed.

Funding: the work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation "Biodiversity of natural ecosystems of the Trans-Volga-Ural Region: the history of its formation, modern dynamics and ways of protection" (FEWS-2024-0011).

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Author Biography

Sergei V. Dedyukhin, Udmurt State University

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Botany, Zoology and Bioecology, Udmurt State University, Izhevsk, Russia

E-mail: ded@udsu.ru

ORCID: 0000-0003-1426-6267

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2025-09-30

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Dedyukhin, S. V. (2025). The First Record of the Weevil Thamiocolus imperialis (Schultze, 1895) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in the Urals. Field Biologist Journal, 7(3), 319-325. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-3-319-325

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