Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius)

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 73-146 : 93

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5159964

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4A1A8DDE-F584-494C-B97B-C1DB0C1D52CE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5157282

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6388709-FFE4-5112-5E7D-A85EFA1DF701

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius)
status

 

10. Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius) (pl. 6, D).

Brentus formicarius Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl., 74, 1798.

Cylas turcipennis Boheman, in Schoenherr's Gen. Spec. Cure. 1: 369, 1833.

The color-form elegantulus (Summers) with steel-blue elytra, red legs, antennae, prothorax and mesothorax was taken as follows: four from Piti , one, May 10, 1936, Usinger ; one, from sweet-potato vines, Nov. 17, Swezey ; and two swept from morning-glory vine on sugar cane, Sept. 1, Swezey .

This species is a well-known tropicopolitan pest of sweet potatoes.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brentidae

Genus

Cylas

Loc

Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius)

Zimmerman, Elwood C. 1942
1942
Loc

Boheman 1833: 369
1833
Loc

Fabricius 1798: 74
1798
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