SUBFAMILYCYLADINAE, Schoenherr, 1823

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 204

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182961

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scientific name

SUBFAMILYCYLADINAE
status

 

SUBFAMILYCYLADINAE

Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) 1798: 174 ; Ramos 1946: 43; Bonfils and Bart 1967: 27; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 99; Denon and Mauléon 2004: 14; Ivieet al. 2008b: 276; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 8; Perez- Gelabert 2008: 131; Daltry 2009: 69; Thomaset al. 2013: 13. Distribution. Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis *, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia. USA (NM- FL), Central and South America ; widespread West Indies; introduced to the Lesser Antilles; introduced to New World, possibly native to India. Notes. The sweet potato weevil. This is a serious agricultural pest species of sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.) where the larvae mine the stems. Also in coastal habitats in older and larger subterranean stems of Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br., the goat’s foot or beach morning-glory.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Genus

Cylas

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