Gibbobruchus bergamini Manfio & Ribeiro-Costa sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) is described from Brazil (state of Goiás) and it is here included in an updated key to the Gibbobruchus Pic species. The dorsal aspect, male and female pygidium and male genitalia are illustrated. This new species develops in seeds of 6 Bauhinia L. (Fabales: Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) species. New host plant records for other 4 species of Gibbobruchus are presented. Considering the host plants of G. bergamini sp. nov., a total of eleven new hosts are added to the genus; with exception of Phanera Lour. (Fabales:Fabaceae)- which we recorded the first time for Gibbobruchus, all Gibbobruchus spp. were collected in Bauhinia seeds. Geographic distribution data and further comments on host plant associations are also included.
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1 September 2014
A New Species of Gibbobruchus from Brazil, with New Host Plant and Distribution Records for the Genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa,
Daiara Manfio,
Leonardo Lima Bergamini
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 97 • No. 3
September 2014
Vol. 97 • No. 3
September 2014
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escarabajos de semillas
especie nueva
host plants
key
Neotropical Region
new species