New Locality and Host Records for South American Acanthoscelides (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Authors

John M. Kingsolver, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, PSI

Date of this Version

March 1991

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi. Copyright © 1991 by Kingsolver.

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

C.D. Johnson (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 116, 1990:425) described Acanthoscelides manieyi from near Guayaquil, Ecuador, but had no records of host plants for the species. In the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Washington, D.C., are records of this species having been intercepted at U.S. ports of entry in mung beans (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata) from Peru, South America, in 1965, 1970, and 1971. More precise localities are not available. This is the first record for A. manleyi for Peru.