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.