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10.25100/socolen.v46i2.7111
Submitted: 10-10-2018
Published: 15-07-2020

Record of damage by Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) on Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) in Campeche, Mexico

Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, México
Keywords: Cycadales, Cycadaceae, sago palm, Chrysomeloidea, Aulacoscelidinae, damage, Aulacoscelis melanocera, Coleoptera, Orsodacnidae

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Sánchez-Soto S. Record of damage by Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) on Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) in Campeche, Mexico. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 22];46(2):e7111. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/7111
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Abstract

On May 7, 2018, in the garden of an archaeological site in northern Campeche, Mexico, a Cycas revoluta plant was observed with approximately 40 % of the foliage damaged by a swarm of Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae). The present work constitutes the first report of this species causing severe damage in C. revoluta and the first record of this insect for the state of Campeche.

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Sánchez-Soto S. Record of damage by Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) on Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) in Campeche, Mexico. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 22];46(2):e7111. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/7111
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