Acanthoscelides sousai Johnson, 1983, 1989
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5167777 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB1452-FFAF-FF86-CCFF-5096E52FF86B |
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Felipe |
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Acanthoscelides sousai Johnson, 1983 |
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Acanthoscelides sousai Johnson, 1983
This species is easy to recognize by its characteristic pattern of pubescence. In collections it is poorly represented, because it is difficult to collect. A reason may be high competition for host plants. In A. cornigera , there is a complex of nine competing bruchid species. For example, in a sample of pods from this host collected at Campo Exp. Colegio de Postgraduados, km 21 carr. Cárdenas-Coatzacoalcos, Tabasco, Mexico, 23/X/2007, we found 33 specimens of A. oblongoguttatus and only one specimen of A. sousai . In its second host plant ( A. gentlei ) there are two species of Mimosestes ( M. brevicornis and M. viduatus ) also in competition with A. sousai .
Host plants. OLD RECORDS: Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd., Acacia gentlei Standley , and Mimosa dormiens Humb. and Bonpl. ex Willd.
Distribution. OLD RECORDS: Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz).
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