title: Description of immatures and natural history of the weevil Loncophorus pustulatus (Champion, 1903) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) associated with flowers of Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna (Bombacoidea: Malvaceae) in southeast Brazil.
abstract: Larva and pupa of Loncophorus pustulatus (Champion, 1903) (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Anthonomini) are described, illustrated and compared with descriptions of immatures of two other species of Loncophorus. Weevil larvae were found inside aborted flowers on the ground under Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna (Malvaceae), in the city of Sgo Paulo, State of S5o Paulo, and reared to adults in laboratory. Data obtained in the field and under laboratory conditions are presented. Parasitoidism of weevil larvae by wasps of the genus Catolaccus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is reported.
authors.affiliation: Departanzento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Maão, Travessa 14, 101, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP Brasil. savanin@ib.usp.br
authors.forename: Sergio Antonio
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Vanin
authors.forename: Daniela de Cassia
authors.initials: Dde C
authors.lastname: Bená
authors.forename: Fabiano Fabian
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Albertoni
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D035164:Ceiba / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D035264:Flowers / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology