Amorphocephala piochardi ( Bedel, 1878 )

Orbach, Eylon, 2020, The Brentidae of Israel (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (2), pp. 53-68 : 59-60

Amorphocephala piochardi ( Bedel, 1878)

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Amorphocephalus piochardi Bedel, 1878: 184 (description of female); Mantilleri 2012: 402 (n. comb.);

Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017: 95. Symmorphocerus piochardi : Power 1879: 488; Schönfeldt 1910: 19 (catalog); Bodenheimer 1937:

150; Kleine 1938 b: 77 (catalog); Schedl 1970: 102; Damoiseau 1979: 4; Sforzi & Bartolozzi

2004: 320. Amorphocephalus ( Symmorphocerus ?) piochardi : Baudi 1894: 10 (description of male). Amorphocephalus piliger Desbrochers des Loges, 1895: 99 ; Pic 1905: 280 (syn.). Symmorphocerus saalasi Sahlberg, 1913 a: 61 ; Schedl 1970: 102 (syn.). Amorphocephalus unionis Sahlberg, 1913 b: 201 ; Schedl 1970: 102 (syn.).

Amorphocephalus muchei Hertel, 1961: 117 (drawings), 1964: 167; Schedl 1970: 102 (syn.).

Amorphocephalus muchei cretensis Hertel, 1964: 167 ; Schedl 1970: 102 (syn.).

Material examined: Israel: Har Hermon : 2♂ Har Hermon, 1600 m, 14.v.1996, V . Chikatunov. Golan Heights : 1♂ Nahal Meshushim, 22.v.2000, E. Orbach ( EOC); 1♂ Panyas [Banias], 30.vii.2002, V . Kravchenko , V . Chikatunov. Lower Galilee : 1♂ Qiryat Tiv'on (Oranim), 15.viii.1958, Ch. Sandler ( BMZC); 4♂ 1♀ Qiryat Tiv'on, 30.viii.1985 (1♀), 5.vi.1986 (1♂), 13.iv.1989 (1♂), 4.viii.1994 (1♂), 30.viii.2019 (1♂), E. Orbach ( EOC); 2♂ 1♀ Allonim Hills, 19.vii.2000, B. Orbach (1♂ 1♀, BOC), 10.vii.2001, E. Orbach (1♂, EOC) .

Distribution: Cyprus, Greece (Crete), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan (?), Syria, Turkey.

Biology: Myrmecophilous.