First record of the agave snout weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae), in Puerto Rico

Authors

• Gregory P. Setliff, Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaFollow
• Jesse A. Anderson, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

3-11-2011

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0152: 1-3.
Published in 2011 by
Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.,
P. O. Box 141874,
Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

The agave snout weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae), is reported from Puerto Rico for the first time. It was collected on feral sisal, Agave sisalana Perrine (Agavaceae), in the Guánica Dry Forest Reserve in the southwestern part of the island.