A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) from Mexico with some biological notes.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neotropical entomology
دوره 38 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009