Sericoceros gibbus (Klug, 1834)

Boeve, Jean-Luc, Marin-Armijos, Diego S., Dominguez, Diego F. & Smith, David R., 2016, Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Pergidae, Tenthredinidae) from southern Ecuador, with a new record for the country and some ecological data, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51, pp. 55-89 : 57

Sericoceros gibbus (Klug, 1834)

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Distribution.

A widespread species known from Mexico south to Guyana, Brazil, and Peru.

Material.

Bombuscaro, Podocarpus NP, 04°06'S, 078°58'W, 995m, 17.10.2014, flying while crossing footpath, P3937 (1 ♀), leg. A. Pauly, J.-L. Boevé.

Remarks.

Larvae have been recorded from Coccoloba manzinellensis Beurl. and C. caracasana Meisn. in Panama, and C. guanacastensis W. C. Biurger ( Polygonaceae ) in Costa Rica. Notes on the biology were given by Smith and Janzen (2003).

Figures

Figure 6. Sericoceros gibbus, female (P 3937), body length 9.5 mm. a Dorsal view b ventral view.