Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Species Detected on Some Weeds in Kahramanmaraş Province, Türkiye Part II

This study was conducted to determine the Curculionoidea species on weeds found in non-agricultural areas in Kahramanmaraş Province, Türkiye between 2021 and 2022, weekly from late March-early April until the end of September after the weeds begin to germinate, and at fifteen-day intervals when the weeds start to dry towards the end of September. As a result of this study, one genus belonging to the subfamily Brentidae of the family Apionidae of the superfamily Curculionoidea, eleven genera belonging to the family Curculionidae, Lixinae Schoenherr, 1823, Hyperinae Marseul, 1863, Curculioninae Latreille, 1802, Baridinae Schoenher, 1836, Ceutorhynchinae Bedel, 1881, Entiminae Schoenherr, 1823 subfamilies and fifteen species belonging to these genera were identified. A total of eight species, including Hypera striata (Boheman, 1834), Rhinusa (Gymnaetron) bipustulata (Rossi, 1792), Smicronyx jungermanniae (G. C. Reich, 1797), Aulacobaris picicornis (Marsham, 1802), Baris analis (Olvier, 1790) Gyllenhal, 1837, Glocianus distinctus (C. Brisout, 1870) and Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier, 1807), are new records for Kahramanmaraş Province. In addition, fifteen weed species were identified as new host plants for the identified Curculionoidea species.