%0 Journal Article %T First record of the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus, in Cyprus %A Pavlos Kitsis %A Vassilis Vassiliou %J - %D 2015 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.11542 http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.11542 %X In May 2013, numerous adults of a coleopteran insect species that later was identified as the sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were accidentally captured in both pitfall and funnel traps placed across Cyprus for the monitoring of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). S. acupunctatus was found for the first time in the Germasogeia area of the Limassol district (34¡ã71¡ä81¡åN, 33¡ã08¡ä56¡åE) and in the Kissonerga area of the Paphos district (34¡ã81¡ä67¡åN, 32¡ã40¡ä00¡åE). During 2013 and early 2014, numerous adults of this species were also collected from red palm weevil traps from all over Cypru %K Agavaceae %K agave %K dracaena %K Dracenaceae %K Rhynchophorus ferrugineus %K trapping %K yucca %U https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/entsoc/article/view/11542