Discovery of two new weevil species of <i>Pholicodes</i> Schoenherr, 1826 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from eastern Turkey

Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts commonly named as rostrum. This superfamily is the most species-rich group in Insecta as well as Animalia kingdom, all they are considered phytophagous. The broad nosed weevil genus of <i>Pholicodes</i> Schoenherr, 1826 is solely Palearctic distribution with forty species. In this study, two new species <i>Pholicodes artemisiae</i> sp. nov. and <i>Pholicodes hakkaricus</i> sp. nov. are described from eastern Turkey. Morphological taxonomic characters are digitally illustrated. The new species <i>Ph. artemisiae</i> sp. nov. is associated with <i>Artemisia</i> plant and <i>Ph. hakkaricus</i> sp. nov. collected on <i>Inula helenium</i> L. in the habitat mountain slopes.