Towards the survey of Entiminae weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of Russia: species occurring in the Volga and Ural Regions

Abstract

Proposed work deals with survey of weevil subfamily Entiminae of Russia, and starts with report on species occurring in Volga and Ural Regions and up to date published records. Before completing this paper, we have established following main goals: (1) to develop convenient universal coding system of macroregions and provinces of Russia which will be subsequently employed for representation of distribution data on weevils of entire Russian fauna; (2) to examine all available Entiminae material from Volga and Ural regions, as well as up to date references; (3) to check the doubtful records.