On the identity of a U. S. intercepted Conotrachelus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with avocado (Perseaamericana) Author Chamorro, Maria Lourdes Author Barclay, Maxwell V. L. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2018 6 26362 26362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e26362 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e26362 1314-2828--26362 Conotrachelus scoparius Champion, 1904 Conotrachelus scoparius Champion, 1904; - Champion 1904 : 405 [Type locality: Mexico, Yautepec in Morelos; BMNH; male]. - O'Brien and Wibmer 1982 : 132 [annotated checklist]. - Salas-Araiza et al. 2001 : 52 [regional checklist]. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NHMUK010801258 ; sex: male ; otherCatalogNumbers: BMNH(E)#71565; Location: country: Mexico ; stateProvince: Morelos; locality: Yautepec ; verbatimLocality: Yautepec, Morelos; maximumElevationInMeters: 1158m; locationAccordingTo: Selander and Vaurie 1962; locationRemarks: City east of Cuernavaca, 3800ft; 18°53', 99°04'; decimalLatitude: 18.88333 ; decimalLongitude: -99.06667 ; georeferencedBy: M.L. Chamorro (USNM); georeferenceSources: Google Maps and Selander and Vaurie 1962; Identification: identifiedBy: Champion ; dateIdentified: 1904; Record Level: institutionID: BMNH; collectionCode: Entomology, B.C.A. Col. iv. 4 ; ownerInstitutionCode: BMNH Diagnosis Size: 4.5 mm. Currently, only the male is known for this species, which can be distinguished from other species included in this study by the presence of elongate, fulvous setae apically on all tibiae (Fig. 14). Distribution Mexico