Legalov A.A. 2023. A new synonym of Hypomeces pulviger (Herbst, 1795) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from China // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.2: 109–110 [in English].
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia; Altai State University, Lenina Str. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.02.10
ABSTRACT. Hypomeces fushunensis Hong, 2002, syn.n. is synonymized under Hypomeces pulviger (Herbst, 1795) on the basis of erroneous identification of a recent species within an artificial “amber” amulet as Eocene amber inclusion.
KEY WORDS: Curculionoidea, Entiminae, Tanymecini, new synonym.