Seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) associated with Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd., with description of a new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky

Authors

Jesus Romero Napoles, Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo, Estado de Mexico, MEXICO
Aracely de la Cruz Perez, Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo, Estado de Mexico, MEXICO
John M. Kingsolver, Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Gainesville, Florida,

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-25-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0093: 1-11. Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Presented herein is a key to identify species of Bruchidae associated with Acacia cornigera (L.). For each species, host records, distributions and bionomics are given. A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky is described and figured; Acanthoscelides sauli Romero, Cruz, and Kingsolver.