On the Discovery of the Weevil Magdalis margaritae Barrios (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Magdalidini) in Kemerovo City, Russia, and Role of Plantations of the Siberian Elm, Ulmus pumila L., in the Exchange of Herbivores between European and Eastern Palaearctic Forest Regions with Participation of Elms

Abstract

In July 2013, an Eastern Palaearctic weevil Magdalis margaritae Barrios, developing on Ulmus pumila, was found for the first time in Kemerovo City, West Siberia. Findings of this and other coleopterous phytophages of Ulmus pumila in the center of southern Siberia show the possible role of Ulmus pumila plantings as a corridor for herbivore and, probably, pathogen exchange between European and East Asian forest massifs with participation of their endemic Ulmus species.