title: A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) from Mexico with some biological notes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Colegio de Posgraduados, México. jnapoles@colpos.mx
authors.forename: Jesús Romero
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nápoles
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kingsolver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology