Species of Conotrachelus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) associated to the guava and new species description
Mexico New species Taxonomy
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A new species of Conotrachelus is described. It was collected feeding in fruits of Psidium guajava. A key to identify species related to this fruit is included.
SALAS-ARAIZA, M. D., & ROMERO-NÁPOLES, J. (2012). Species of Conotrachelus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) associated to the guava and new species description. Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 38(1), 124–127. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v38i1.8969
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WIBMER, G. J.; O´BRIEN, C. W. 1986. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 39: 1- 563.
MARSHALL, G. A. K. 1922. Some injurious Neotropical weevils (Curculionidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 59-71. MUÑIZ, V.R; GONZÁLEZ, R.E. 1982. Conotrachelus dimidiatus Champ., “el picudo de la guayaba” en Morelos, México. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas 26: 9-35.
MYERS, C. T.; LESKEY, T. C.; FORSLINE, P. L. 2007. Susceptibility of fruit from diverse apple and crabapple germplasm to attack by plum curculio (Col.: Curculionidae). Journal Economic Entomology 100 (5): 1663-1671.
O´BRIEN, C. W.; WIBMER, G. J. 1982. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 34: 1-382.
ROMERO-NÁPOLES, J.; JOHNSON, C. D. 1999. Zabrotes Sylvestris, a new species from the United States and Mexico related to Z. subfasciatus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblyceri- nae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 53 (1): 87-98.
SALAS-ARAIZA, M. D.; PEÑA-VELASCO, A.; MARTÍNEZ- JAIME, O.; RAMÍREZ-MALAGÓN, R. 2008. Dinámica poblacional y preferencia de frutos de guayaba por Conotrachelus spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Entomología Mexicana 7: 296-300.
SÁNCHEZ-SOTO, S. 2000. Nuevos registros de insectos fitófagos para el estado de Tabasco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 109: 113-116.
TAFOYA, F; GONZÁLEZ-GAONA, E.; PERALES-SEGOVIA, C. 2007. Picudos del género Conotrachelus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) asociados a guayaba Psidium guajava L. en Calvillo, Aguascalientes. Entomologia Mexicana 6 (1): 648-650.
WIBMER, G. J.; O´BRIEN, C. W. 1986. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 39: 1- 563.
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