First record of predation on a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) by a checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae)

Authors

Jesús Romero Nápoles, Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de PosgraduadosFollow
Jacques Rifkind, Valley Village, CaliforniaFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

3-8-2013

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0288: 1-3

Published in 2013 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

A new relationship, that of predator and prey, between the coleopteran families Cleridae and Bruchidae is presented.