Abstract

SOTO-HERNANDEZ, Macotulio; REYES CASTILLO, Pedro; GARCIA MARTINEZ, Oswaldo  and  ORDAZ SILVA, Salvador. Weevils collected in diverse localities of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.1, pp.62-70. ISSN 2448-8445.

Collecting was done on diverse localities of seven States of Mexico from years 2010 to 2014. A total of 77 species of 50 genera were identified, from which, Onychylis texanus Burke is a new record for Mexico; furthermore several are new record for some Mexican states: Coahuila Anthonomus tenuis; Veracruz, Anthonomus fischeri, Anthonomus schwarzi, Atractomerus recessus; Jalisco, Anthonomus maltanza, Pantomorus picturatus; Guerrero, Embates ocellatus, Optatus palmaris, Rodobaenus mundus and for Michoacán, Sibinia dissipata. Some weevils are considered of economic importance for some crops: Cactophagus validirostris, Metamasius hemipterus, Rhodobaenus sanguineus, Scyphophorus acupunctatus, Rhinostomus barbirostris, Rhynchophorus palmarum, Optatus palmaris, Cylindrocopturus biradiatus, Epicaerus aurifer, E. mexicanus, Exophthalmus opulentus, Sphenophorus coesifrons, Metamasius callizona, M. hemipterus, M. sellatus and Pantomorus godmani.

Keywords : weevils; distribution; new records; economical importance.

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