Perapion (Perapion) violaceum violaceum (Kirby, 1808)

Family

BRENTIDAE

Subfamily

Apioninae

Tribe

Apionini

Subtribe

Aplemonina

Original Genus

Apion

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia: Central European Territory, Russia: Nord European Territory, Russia: South European Territory, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, and Ukraine

Synonyms

• alpinum Wencker, 1864 (Apion)
• harcyniae Hubenthal, 1911 (Apion)
• kaufmanni Bokor, 1923 (Apion)
• obscurum Gerhardt, 1898 (Apion)

Literature References

First Description

• Kirby, W. (1808): The genus Apion of Herbst’ s Natursystem considered, its characters laid down, and many of species described. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 1-80, 1 pl.

Further Description

• Wanat, M., Podlussány, A., Schön, K. (2012): Perapion connexum (Schilsky, 1902) (Coleoptera, Apionidae) in Central Europe, a case of plant expansion chase. ZooKeys 174: 49–61. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.174.25

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