Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
March 2001
Abstract
Resumen: Este trabajo contribuye a1 conocimiento de las especies de curculionoideos preseiltes en el estado de Guanajuato, Mexico. Se determinaron 73 generos y 125 especies; se destacan, por el numero de Qstas, las subfamilias Baridinae. Curculioninae y Entiminae con 24, 24 y 23 especies, respectivamente. Los generos coil mayor cantidad de especies fueron Geraeus y Anthonomus con siete, y Contrachelus con seis. Se obtuvieron 18 nuevos registros para la Republica Mexicana. El 53.7% de las especies de curculioinoideos del estado de Guanajuato son de afinidad neotropical, el 26% son de afinidad neartica, el 18.4% son de distribuci6n cosmopolita, y el resto (1.9%) antes solo se han registrado en las Antillas.
Summary: This study is a contribution to the knowledge of the weevil species present in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. During this study, 73 genera and 125 species were identified. The subfamilies best represented were Baridinae, Curculioninae and Entimilme with 24, 24 and 23 species, respectively. The genera best represented were Geraeus and Anthonomus with seven species and Conotrachelus with six. Of the 125 species identified, 18 represent new country records. Of the weevil species found in Guanajuato, 53.7% are Neotropical, 26% are Nearctic, 18.4% are cosmopolitan, and the remainder (1.9%) previously were known only from the West Indies.
Comments
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