A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) from Mexico with some biological notes.
A new species of Acanthoscelides collected in Chiapas, Mexico is described and figured. Rhynchosia precatoria is cited as a new host plant record for A. dani sp.n and A. flavescens Fahraeus. The braconid Heterospilus prosopidis Viereck was found as parasitoid of both species of bruchids.
Nápoles
Jesús Romero
JR
Colegio de Posgraduados, México. jnapoles@colpos.mx
Kingsolver
John M
JM
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology