Three Hololepta (Leionota) Marseul, 1853 (Coleoptera: Histeridae) species associated as predators of the agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), were determined after field collections in agaves crops from Guerrero, Jalisco, and Morelos, Mexico. An illustrated taxonomic key is provided for easy recognition of Hololepta polita (Marseul, 1853), H. vicina LeConte, 1851, and H. yucateca (Marseul, 1853). Hololepta vicina is recorded for the first time from the Mexican states of Jalisco, and Guerrero.
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13 July 2018
Notes on three species of Hololepta (Leionota) Marseul, 1853 (Coleoptera: Histeridae), predators of the agave weevil Scyphophorusacupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Mexico
Miriam Salcedo-Delgado,
Pedro Figueroa-Castro,
Artemio Hernández-Ruíz,
Nicolas Degallier,
Héctor González-Hernández
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The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Vol. 94 • No. 2
April 2018
Vol. 94 • No. 2
April 2018
agave crop pest
Diversidad
diversity
enemigos naturales
Escarabajo histérido
histerid beetle
Histerinae