Gasterocercus depressirostris (Fabricius 1792), a weevil (Curculionidea, Coleoptera) new for the fauna in Slovenia

Abstract

The weevil fauna (Curculionidea, Coleoptera) of Slovenia has counted around 830 species. While sampling with light traps the beetles of the village Police near Gornja Radgona in 2004, a new species (and genus) of weevils Gasterocercus depressirostris (Fabricius 1792) for the fauna of Slovenia was found. We believe that G. depressirostris is a rare and endangered species in Slovenia, which lives in oak-hornbeam stands (Querco-Carpinetum s. lat.) only in north-eastern part of Štajerska. We suggest its inclusion in the Red list of endangered beetles of Slovenia.