Thamiocolus volkovitshi Korotyaev, 1997

Korotyaev, Boris A. & Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid, 2020, A review of the weevil genus Thamiocolus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae: Ceutorhynchitae: Ceutorhynchini) from Israel, with notes on some adaptive features of Ceutorhynchini and a new synonymy, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (2), pp. 103-131 : 118-120

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scientific name	Thamiocolus volkovitshi Korotyaev, 1997
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( Figs 7, 9, 21, 29, 41, 42)

Material examined: Israel: Hermon : Har Hermon : 1♂ 1800 m, 23.v.1998,A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 1800 m, 25.v.1998, V. Chikatunov (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 1600 m, 14.v.1996, V. Chikatunov

(SMNHTAU); 1♂ 20.v.1997, V. Chikatunov (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 23.v.1998, A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 2♂ 3♀ 1500 m, 22.v.1973, D. Furth (SMNHTAU). Upper Galilee: 2 exx., Goren , 33°03'N 35°13'E, 350 m, 8.iv.2014 GoogleMaps , E. Colonnelli, on Phlomis viscosa (COL) ; 1♂ 1♀ Nahal Keziv , 1.v.1999 , 1♂ 7.v.1999, 1♂ 18.iii.2000, 1♂ 6.iv.2001, 1♂ 1♀ 20.iv.2001, 1♂ 1♀ 22.iv.2000, 1♀ 16.v.2000, all M. Finkel, netting (all SMNHTAU); 1♂ Montfort [Monfort], 33°02.635'N 35°13.271'E, 4.iii.2010 GoogleMaps , A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 1♂ Har Meron, Top Parking Lot – eastern lookout, 1120–1140 m, on Phlomis viscosa , 28.iv.2017 , L. Friedman (SMNHTAU); 1♂ Har Meron , 1100 m, 22.v.1998 , A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 2 exx., Har Meron , 1100 m, 32°59'N 35°24'E, 8.IV.2014 GoogleMaps , E. Colonnelli, on Phlomis viscosa (COL) ; 1♂ 26.v.1999, L. Friedman (SMNHTAU); 1♂ Har Meron , 1000 m, 29.iv.1974 , D. Furth (SMNHTAU); 1♂ Har Meron, Nahal ‘ Ofaim , 1100 m, on Phlomis viscosa , 20.v.2013 , L. Friedman (SMNHTAU); 7♂ 6♀ partly collected in copula, Har Meron, Horvat Hamama , 880 m, on Phlomis viscosa , 26.iv.2017 , L. Friedman (SMNHTAU). Carmel Ridge : 2♂ 1♀ Nahal Oren , 6.iv.1998 , V. Chikatunov, T. PavlíČek (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 15.vi.2002, A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 15.iv.2002, T. Stern (SMNHTAU); 1♂ 16.iv.2003, A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 1♀ 15.iv.2005, A. Freidberg (SMNHTAU); 1♂ on Phlomis viscosa , 17.iv.2016, L. Friedman (SMNHTAU); 6 exx., Nahal Oren, near Oren junction, 2.iv.1995 , E. Colonnelli, on Phlomis viscosa (COL) ; 17 exx., Nahal Oren, near Oren junction, 7.iv.1995 , E. Colonnelli, on Phlomis viscosa (COL) ; 25 exx., Bet Oren , 220 m, 32°43'N 35°00'E, 6.iv.2014 GoogleMaps , E. Colonnelli ( COL); 1 ex., Nahal Oren, near Har ' Arqan , 350 m, 6.iv.1995 , E. Colonnelli, on Phlomis viscosa (COL) . Judean Hills: 1♂ ' En Hemed [Aqua Bella], 24.iv.1961 , J. Wahrman (SMNHTAU); 2♂ 1♀ Yerushalayim [Jerusalem], 20.iv.19??, H. Bytinski-Salz (SMNHTAU) ; 1♀ 18.iv.1957, J. Wahrman (SMNHTAU); 1♀ ' Emeq haEla, 20.iv.2005 , D. Samsonovitz (SMNHTAU).

Distribution: Israel, Lebanon, Iraq (Korotyaev 1997).

Biology: Associated with Phlomis viscosa Poir. ( Figs 41, 42), repeatedly collected and observed in copula on the plant. Copulation occurs slightly before the bloom.