DESCRIPTION OF MICROMYRMEX-ASCLEPIA, NEW SPECIES, WITH A REDEFINITIONOF THE GENUS AND LIFE-HISTORY NOTES (CURCULIONIDAE, OTIDOCEPHALINA)

Authors
IVIE MA SIKES DS
Citation
Ma. Ivie et Ds. Sikes, DESCRIPTION OF MICROMYRMEX-ASCLEPIA, NEW SPECIES, WITH A REDEFINITIONOF THE GENUS AND LIFE-HISTORY NOTES (CURCULIONIDAE, OTIDOCEPHALINA), The Coleopterists bulletin, 49(3), 1995, pp. 235-248
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Coleopterists bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0010065X
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
235 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-065X(1995)49:3<235:DOMNSW>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Micromyrmex Sleeper is redefined to include all Otidocephalina with su praocular sulci and linear protibiae. Micromyrex asclepia Ivie and Sik es, new species (Hispaniola), M. versicolor (Champion), new combinatio n (Guatemala), M. simplex (Suffrian), new combination (Cuba), and M. b actrianus (Champion), new combination (Mexico), bring the number of de scribed species in the genus to ten. The larvae of M. asclepia feed an d pupate in the stems of Asclepias nivea L. Aspects of the larva, pupa , and adult of M. asclepia are illustrated. A key to the genera of Oti docephalina is provided.