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First report of the exotic weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurrence in Iran

Atousa Farahpour‐Haghani, Ivo Tosiveski, Bijan Yaghoubi, Mahdi Jalaeian, F Pouramir

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The water fern weevil, Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is considered as the most important biological control agent of Azolla spp. in the world. Azolla spp. was introduced in Iran in 1986. In August 2017, two specimens of S. rufinasus were collected on Azolla spp. in waterways near Anzali lagoon and Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII) in Guilan province for the first time. Identification was based on molecular sequencing. This is the first record of S. rufinasus from Iran.

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Key concepts: Curculionidae, Weevil, Biology, Crop, Agroforestry, Agronomy, Geography, Botany