Legalov A.A. 2024. First records of Megamecus urbanus (Gyllenhal, 1834) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Siberia, Russia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.3: 171–173 [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; Tomsk State University, Lenina Pr. 36, Tomsk 634050 Russia. E-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.03.11
ABSTRACT. The first records of Megamecus (Megamecus) urbanus (Gyllenhal, 1834) in southern regions of Western Siberia, Novosibirskaya Oblast, Altaiskii Krai, and Tyva Republic, are given. Megamecus cervulus Reitter, 1903, syn.n. is synonymized under M. urbanus (Gyllenhal, 1834), and Gnathomecus Reitter, 1903, syn.n. under Megamecus (Megamecus) Reitter, 1903.
KEY WORDS: Curculionoidea, Entiminae, Tanymecini, new synonym, new record, Russia.