Morphological Description of the Aedeagus of Optatus palmaris Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Luis Martín Hernández Fuentes; Jorge Valdez Carrasco; Carlos Patricio Illescas Riquelme; Erasmo Maldonado Jiménez; y Mario Orozco-Santos

doi:10.3958/059.037.0215

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Luis Martín Hernández Fuentes,¹ Jorge Valdez Carrasco,² Carlos Patricio Illescas Riquelme,² Erasmo Maldonado Jiménez,³ y Mario Orozco-Santos⁴

¹lnstituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Campo Experimental Santiago Ixcuintla. Km 6 entronque a Santiago Ixcuintla, carretera internacional México-Nogales, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, México. 63300. hernandez. . luis
²Colegio de Postgraduados. Campus Montecillo. Km 36.5 carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. 56230.
³Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit. Unidad Académica de Agricultura. Km 9 carretera TepicCompostela. Xalisco, Nayarit, México 63780.
⁴Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Tecomán, Km 35 carretera Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, México 28100. orozco. . mario@inifap.gob.mx

Abstract

The aedeagus of Optatus palmaris, an Annonaceae fruits weevil, is described here. This pest is distributed in North and South America. Larvae and adults cause damages in anona fruits. Morphological description of its aedeagus with emphasis on morphological proportions of each part is noted and illustrated.

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Luis Martín Hernández Fuentes, Jorge Valdez Carrasco, Carlos Patricio Illescas Riquelme, Erasmo Maldonado Jiménez, and y Mario Orozco-Santos "Morphological Description of the Aedeagus of Optatus palmaris Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)," Southwestern Entomologist 37(2), 225-229, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.037.0215

Published: 1 June 2012

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