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Insecta: Coleoptera) from the State of Guanajuato, Mexico University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida March 2001 Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico M. D. Salas-Araiza Instituto de Ciencias Agricolas C. W. O'Brien Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL J. Romero-Napoles Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Mex. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Entomology Commons Salas-Araiza, M. D.; O'Brien, C. W.; and Romero-Napoles, J., "Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico" (2001). Insecta Mundi. 181. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/181 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI. Vol. 15. No. 1. March. 2001 45 Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico M.D. Salas-Araiza Instituto de Ciencias Agricolas Apartado Postal 311 Irapuato 36500, Gto [email protected] C.W. O'Brien Center for Biological Control College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 3230'7-4100 [email protected]. J. Romero-NApoles Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Texcoco, Milx. [email protected] Resumen. Este trabajo contribuye a1 conocimiento de las especies de curculionoideos preseiltes en el estado de Guanajuato, MBxico. Se determinaron 73 g6neros y 125 especies; se destacan, por el nGmero de Qstas,las subfamilias Baridinae. Curculioninae y Entiminae con 24, 24 y 23 especies, respectivamente. Los gQneroscoil mayor cantidad de especies fueron Geraer~sy Ai~tlioizoi~i~~scon siete, y Coizotmchelr~scoil seis. Se obtuvieron 18 nuevos registros para la Repitblica Mexicana. El 53.7% de las especies de c~~rculionoideosdel estado de Guanajuato son de afinidad neotropical, el 26% son de afinidad neArtica, el 18.4% son de distribuci6n cosmopolita, y el resto (1.9%) antes solo se han registrado en las Antillas. Summary. This study is a contributioil to the knowledge of the weevil species present in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. During this study, 73 genera and 125 species were identified. The subfamilies best represented were Baridinae, Curculioninae and Entimilme with 24, 24 and 23 species, respectively. The genera best represented were Geraer~sand A~L~~ZOILOIIZZLSwith seven species and Coizotrachelz~swith six. Of the 125 species identified, 18 represent new country records. Of the weevil species found in Guanajuato, 53.7% are Neotropical, 26% are Nearctic, 18.4% are cosmopolitan, and the remainder (1.9%) previously were known only from the West Indies. Introduction (1983) indicated that 36 of the then recognized 52 Neotropical subfamilies had been recorded for Mex- The weevils are the family of living organisms ico, which constituted 69.23% of the total number of with the largest number of species lrnown. They subfamilies of Curculionoidea. can be found in all terrestrial habitats, and some The endemism of the Mexican weevil genera is species are aquatic. Larvae of many species feed on 6.5% and the endemism of the species is 40.5%. In 'oots, stalks, branches, trunlis, leaves, flowers, the United States and Canada. endemism is much fruits and seeds of grasses, shrubs and trees; some higher (31.2% of the genera and 76.6% of the feed on mosses, and others on fungi (Zimmerman, species): this fact is due to the geographical location 1994). of Mexico in the center of the continent, which O'Brien & Wibiner (1978) mentioned that favors the faunal exchange with the northern and through 1971 there were 4,237 genera and 44:883 southern regions (Anderson & O'Brien, 1996). In species of Curculionidae se7~sz~lato recognized as the central area of Mexico, particularly in the State valid in the world. Also they pointed out that the of Guanajuato, knowledge of the Curculionoidea is Neotropical region contains the largest number of poor. This is the first study toward the contribution described species, with a total of 12,962. Luna 4 6 Volume 15, No. 1, March, 2001, INSECTA MUNDI to taxonomic knowledge of the superfamily Curcu- Results and discussion lionoidea in Guanajuato. Weevil fauna Methods and materials During this study, 1,787 specimens were col- lected, belonging to five families, 17 subfamilies, 42 Location of the study area tribes, 73 genera and 125 species. The subfamilies This study was conducted in the State of Gua- best represented are Baridinae (15 genera and 24 najuato, which is located near the center of Mexico, species), Curculioninae (10 genera and 24 species) between 19" 55' 08" and 21" 52' 09North latitude and Entiminae (16 genera and 23 species). The and between 99" 36' 06" and 102" 05' 07" West lon- genera represented by the most species are Gerae- gitude. LLSand A7~tkorzoilzuswith seven each, and Conotra- chelus with six. Eighteen of the species represent Collection, preparation and identification of new country records (Table 1). Of special signifi- the material cance are Sitolza hispidulus (Fabricius)(Entiminae) Between January 1996 and December 1997,20 and Hypera postica (Gyllenhal)(Hyperinae), which collecting trips were carried out in different areas were collected in large numbers in alfalfa fields and representative of the State. These areas correspond have been reported to be important pests of that to an arid region in the northern municipalities, the crop in the United States and Europe. mountainous country of central Guanajuato, an agricultural area of the Bajio, and the hotter and humid area of the south. Weevils were collected Weevil species from the state of from trees by placing a mat underneath and shak- Guanajuato ing the foliage; a beating sheet was used for herba- ceous and shrubby vegetation; some weevils with Family APIONIDAE nocturnal habits were captured using an ultravio- let trap; some apterous species were obtained using Subfamily APIONINAE pitfall traps; active fliers were captured using flight intercept traps in addition to yellow pan traps filled Tribe APIONINI with water. Seeds and branches with larval dam- age were placed in rearing chambers in order to Apion spp. Sierra de Lobos, Le6n. 20lIXl95, 2OIIIII obtain adults. 96, 20NIIl96. Acacia spp.; Arnara,rzthus spp.; The main reference used for the identification Mimosa spp.; Quercz~sspp. (10 specimens). of the species was the Biologia Centrali-Americana Apion nr. tenuirostrum Smith. 9mi. N.E. Guade- (Champion, 1902-1909; Sharp, 1889-191 1). The keys lupe Victoria 8000 feet, VIII/16174, (3 speci- in Kissinger (1964), Hatch (1971), Dillon & Dillon mens); 1mi. N. Sauceda 7000 Feet, VIl2911971. (1972), Arnett (1973), Whitehead (1980), Arnett (lspecimen). (1985), and Bright (1994) were used as well. The Apion nr. varicorne Smith. 1 mi. N. Sauceda names and higher classification follow O'Brien & 7000 Feet, V112911971. (4 specimens) Wibmer (1982 & 1984), Wibmer & O'Brien (1986 & 1989) and Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (2000). Many Tribe PIEZOTRACHELINI species were identified through comparisons with specimens from the following collections: Charles Chrysapion auctum (Sharp). El Copal, Irapua- W. O'Brien Collection (Tallahassee, Florida); Na- to. 4NI.1196. Maleza. (1 specimen). tional Insect Collection of INIFAP (Celaya, Guana- juato), and IFIT-CP Collection (Montecillos, Mexi- Family ATTELABIDAE co). Reference material is deposited at the Entomo- logical Collection "Leopoldo ~inocoCorona" of ICA- Subfamily ATTELABINAE UGTO (Irapuato, Guanajuato). Tribe ATTELABINI Himatolabus umbosis Hamilton. 3 km S XichG. 3NIIIl96. Maleza. (2 specimens). INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 15, No. 1, March, 2001 Tribe PILOLABINI Pseudobaris apicalis (Boheman). 1.5 lim N La Sauceda; El Copal, Irapuato. 29NI/71,281W96. Pilolabus klugii (Gyllenhal). Manzanar, San Maleza. (2 specimens). Luis de la Paz. 3NIIIl96. Maleza. (1 specimen). Trepobarisperlonga Champion. Gervasio Men- doza, Salvatierra; El Copal, Irapuato; Cd. Man- Family RHYNCHITIDAE uel Doblado. 30NIII195, 31NII196, 811x196, 111 1x196, 28NII197. Ager~iataliscar~a Wats.; Bac- Subfamily RHYNCHITINAE charis spp.; Gramineae; Zea rlzays L. (4 speci- mens). Tribe RHYNCHITINI Ti-ichobaris championi Barber. 1.5 km N La Sauceda; Cd. Manuel Doblado; El Copal, Ira- Eugnamptus spp. 1 km Rancho de Enmedio car- puato. 29NI171, 10NIIIl89, 3lIVl95, 10NIIl95, retera Dolores-Guanajuato; Cuenca de la Espe- 251IW95, 25lIVl96, 4NII197, 25lIW97. Clzeizop- ranza, Guanajuato; km 22 carretera Lecin-San odiu~nspp.; Plzysalis spp.; Sorghurn vulgare Felipe; Manzanar, San Luis de la Paz, 4NIIl96, (L.). (12 specimens). 6NII196, 3NIII196, 31NIII196, 28NIl97, Quer- Trichobaris major Barber. 1.5 km N La Sauce- cus spp., maleza, (7 specimens). da, Guanajuato. 29NI171. (1 specimen). Haplorhynchites mexicanus (Gyllenhal). El Trichobaris pellicea (Boheman). km 11 car- Copal, Irapuato; Las Antenas, Irapuato. 7NIII retera Le6n-Ocampo. 28NIl97. Maleza. (1 spec- 98, 111x198, 24lW98. Heliar~thusspp.; maleza; imen). Sirnsia ar,zplexicaulis (Cav.) Pers. (31 speci- mens). Tribe MADARINI Haplorhynchites quadripennis (Fall). Las An- tenas, Irapuato. 241W98. Sirnsia a~nplexicaz~lis Onychobaris ambigua Casey. 4 lim S San Luis (Cav.) Pers. (4 specimens). de la Paz. 13NIII198. Gramineae. (1 specimen). Haplorhynchites subauratus (Sharp). Santa Stictobaris
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