saqarTvelo, sajaro samarTlis iuridiuli piri zoologiis instituti GEORGIA LEPL INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY zoologiis institutis Sromebi t. XXIII gamocema dafinansebulia erToblivi grantiT GNSF-STCU 07/129, proeqti 4327 `uxerxemlo cxovelebi, rogorc urbanizebuli garemos bioindikatorebi~ gamomcemloba `universali~ Tbilisi 2008 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY Vol. XXIII The publishing of proceedings was funded by joint grant GNSF-STCU 07/129, project 4327 “The invertebrate animals as bioindicators of urban environment” Publishing House “UNIVERSAL” Tbilisi 2008 3 uak(UDC) 59(012) z 833 Tbilisi 0179, WavWavaZis gamz. 31. tel.: 22.33.53, 22.01.64 Tbilisi 0179, 31 Chavchavadze ave. Tel.: 22.33.53, 22.01.64
[email protected] www.zoo.caucasus.net redkolegia: g. baxtaZe, n. belTaZe, a. buxnikaSvili, i. eliava, d. TarxniSvili, n. melaSvili (mdivani), m. murvaniZe, e. yvavaZe (mTavari redaqtori), g. jafoSvili Editorial board: G. I. Bakhtadze, N. Beltadze, A. Bukhnikashvili, I. J. Eliava, G. Japoshvili, Sh. Kvavadze (editor-in-chief), N. O. Melashvili (secretary of editorial board), M. Murvanidze, E. D. Tarkhnishvili ISSN 1512-1720 4 Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology XXIII Tbilisi, 2008 77 _ 123 THE WEEVIL BEETLES (BHYCHITIDAE, ATTELABIDAE, APIONIDAE, NOPOPHYDAE, DRYOPHTHORIDAE, CURCULIONIDAE) OF GEORGIA A. Cholokava Institute of Zoology, e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract: Data about weevil beetles of Georgia have been met since the second part of the xlx century (Proceedings of Kolenati 1859, Schnaider, Leder 1878, Reiter 1916 et al). Weevil beetles were studied by many researches in the first part of the xx century, but their purposeful, planning study began in 1960 and is still going on. At present 901 species and subspecies of weevil beetles were revealed in Georgia, which is the highest rate in Eurasia.