http://www.curci.de/WeevNews/beitrag23/beitrag23.html Biology and host plants of Lachnaeus horridus Reitter, distributed from Transcaucasus to Middle East, are studied in northeastern Turkey. The main host of this weevil is Inula oculis-christi L., and it produces one generation per year in NE-Anatolia. Females lay eggs in flowerheads, where the larvae are feeding and pupating afterwards. Teneral adults emerge several days after pupating. Bracon illyricus Marsh., Cyrtoptyx robustus Masi, Pteromalus sp. aff. vibulenus (Wlk.) and Pteromalus sp. have been reared from larval and pupal stages. The genus Lachnaeus Schoenherr and the species Lachnaeus horridus Reitter are new records for the Turkish fauna. none