Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5195108 |
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21. Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) View in CoL (pl. 2, C).
Cryptorhynchus postfasciatus Fairmaire, Rev. Mag. Zool., 513, 1849.
Cryptorhynchus batatae Waterhouse, Ent. Soc. London, Proc., lxix, 1849 (1850).
Hyperoniorpha squamosa Blackburn, Roy. Soc. London, Trans., II, 3: 182 - TODO TODO
Euscepes batatae (Waterhouse) Champion, Biol. Centr. Am. Coleopt. 4 (4): 497, 1905.
Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) Zimmerman, B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 12 (23): 14-16, 1936.
This almost cosmopolitan sweet-potato pest (commonly called the West Indian sweet-potato weevil) is easily recognized by its subparallel-sided, densely squamose elytra which have a common, transverse, pale fascia at the top of the declivity. The pronotum bristles with erect, spatulate setae, borne from rather large, close punctures; the interstices between the punctures are coarsely reticulate.
The following specimens from Guam are before me: three, Piti, from sweet-potato vine, Nov. 17, 1936, Swezey ; two were taken by Fullaway but have no specific locality other than " Island Guam."
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Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire)
Zimmerman, Elwood C. 1942 |
Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire)
Zimmerman 1936: 14-16 |
Hyperoniorpha squamosa Blackburn
Blackburn 1885: 182-183 |
Cryptorhynchus postfasciatus Fairmaire
Fairmaire 1849: 513 |
Cryptorhynchus batatae Waterhouse
Waterhouse 1849: 109 |
Euscepes batatae (Waterhouse)
Euscepes batatae (Waterhouse) Champion, Biol. Centr. Am. Coleopt. 4 (4): 497, 1905. |