NEW HOST RECORDS, DISTRIBUTION AND NOTES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME SEEDBEETLES (COLEOPTERA, BRUCHIDAE)

Authors
Citation
Cd. Johnson, NEW HOST RECORDS, DISTRIBUTION AND NOTES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME SEEDBEETLES (COLEOPTERA, BRUCHIDAE), The Coleopterists bulletin, 52(2), 1998, pp. 147-149
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0010065X
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
147 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-065X(1998)52:2<147:NHRDAN>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Megacerus schaefferianus Bridwell and Amblycerus piurae (Pierce) glue their eggs to the seed pods of their hosts. Their oviposition behavior places them in Oviposition Guild A. New host or distribution records are reported for them as well as Acanthoscelides biustulus (Fall), A. desmanthi Johnson, A. kingsolveri Johnson, A. machala Johnson, A. senn icola Johnson, Ctenocolum acapulcensis Kingsolver and Whitehead, C. ma rtiale Kingsolver and Whitehead, Megacerus callirhipis (Sharp), Mimose stes humeralis (Gyllenhal), M. mimosae (Fabricius), M. ulkei (Horn), S tator limbatus (Horn), and S. trisignatus (Sharp).