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Entomology

2011

Mexico

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First Records Of The Grasshopper Machaerocera Mexicana Saussure, 1859 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) From The United States And Sonora, Mexico, Robert A. Behrstock, Patrick H. Sullivan Nov 2011

First Records Of The Grasshopper Machaerocera Mexicana Saussure, 1859 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) From The United States And Sonora, Mexico, Robert A. Behrstock, Patrick H. Sullivan

Insecta Mundi

The grasshopper Machaerocera mexicana Saussure (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is added to the orthopteran faunas of the United States and Sonora, Mexico. Notes are presented on habitat and seasonality.

El saltamontes Machaerocera mexicana Saussure (Orthoptera: Acrididae) se agrega a las faunas ortópteros de los Estados Unidos y Sonora, México. Se presenta notas sobre su hábitat y estacionalidad.


Descriptions Of Females Of Nothopleurus Lacordaire And Strongylaspis Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) With New Distributional Records, James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva Apr 2011

Descriptions Of Females Of Nothopleurus Lacordaire And Strongylaspis Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) With New Distributional Records, James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva

Insecta Mundi

The female of Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) is described for the first time, and the female of Strongylaspis bullata Bates, 1872 is redescribed. Color photographs of the habitus of both, and key characters for the former are included. New distributional records within Mexico for N. subsulcatus and Strongylaspis championi Bates, 1884 are given.

A fêmea de Nothopleurus subsulcatus (Dalman, 1823) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) é descrita pela primeira vez e a de Strongylaspis bullata Bates, 1872 é redescrita. São adicionadas figuras coloridas para as duas espécies e chave parcial para a N. subsulcatus. São fornecidos …


The Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of La Reserva De La Biósfera Sierra De Huautla, Morelos, Mexico, With Descriptions Of Two New Species And An Annotated Checklist, Jesús Romero Nápoles, Richard L. Westcott Apr 2011

The Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of La Reserva De La Biósfera Sierra De Huautla, Morelos, Mexico, With Descriptions Of Two New Species And An Annotated Checklist, Jesús Romero Nápoles, Richard L. Westcott

Insecta Mundi

From 1995 to 2004 collections for Bruchidae (Coleoptera) were made in La Reserva de la Biósfera Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, Mexico. Specimens were reared from mature seedpods, but also collected by net, malaise trap, and light trap. In total 72 species in 13 genera of Bruchidae were recovered. Of those two new species are here described: Amblycerus montalvoi Romero and Acanthoscelides camerinoi Romero. We record 27 host plants for the bruchids found in the study area.