01156nas a2200133   4500008004100000245007500041210006900116300001000185490000700195520073900202100001800941700001500959856004800974       2015                        eng d00aFirst record of the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus, in Cyprus0 aFirst record of the sisal weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus in Cy  a22-260 v243 a<p>In May 2013, numerous adults of a coleopteran insect species that later was identified as the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were accidentally captured in both pitfall and funnel traps placed across Cyprus for the monitoring of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). S. acupunctatus was found for the first time in the Germasogeia area of the Limassol district (34&deg;71&prime;81&Prime;N, 33&deg;08&prime;56&Prime;E) and in the Kissonerga area of the Paphos district (34&deg;81&prime;67&Prime;N, 32&deg;40&prime;00&Prime;E). During 2013 and early 2014, numerous adults of this species were also collected from red palm weevil traps from all over Cyprus.</p>
1 aVassiliou, V.1 aKitsis, P.  uhttps://alientoma.myspecies.info/el/node/16