Family: Curculionidae
Original taxon name: Polydrusus (Metallites) villosithorax nov. spec.
Author of the original taxon name: Apfelbeck, V.
Classic locality: In Istrien Pola, Dalmatien (Zara; Ragusa; Curzula; Lissa; Lagosta)
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was first described in: Apfelbeck, V. (1922). Fauna Insectorum Balcanica VIII. Zur Kenntnis der balkanischen Curculioniden (Col.). Revision der Gattungen Polydrosus Germ. und Sciaphobus Dan. . Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja u Bosni i Hercegovini, 33: 49-71 pp.
Economy where the taxon was described in: HRV
Specific description of the place: Dubrovnik
Global distribution of taxon: BIH,HRV
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was accepted in: Alonso-Zarazaga et al (2017). Cooperative Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea. Monografías electrónicas S.E.A., 8: 729 pp pp.