Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer)

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Anthribidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 65-72 : 71

6. Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer) , ( fig. 1 , d).

Curculio fasciculatus De Geer, Mem. Ins. 5: 276, table 15, fig. 2, 1775. (See Coleopterorum Catalogus for detailed synonymy.)

This species has been distributed to such an extent by commerce that it is now almost cosmopolitan. It is a pest of coffee, cocoa, nutmeg, and other products. It is approximately equally represented with A. vieillardi in Guam, where the following specimens were collected: four specimens collected by Usinger: one at Yona, May 12, 1936, one at Barrigada from Crotalaria , June 12, two on Mount Alifan, from breadfruit, May 21; 14 specimens collected by Swezey: one from Dededo, May 19, one from a cornfield at the same locality, Aug. 11, one at Inarajan from rice, July 25, one from Piti, July 31, one at Barrigada, from sunflower, Nov. 25, and nine from the seed cluster of a palm (Coccothrinax?);and four specimens collected by D. T. Fullaway.

Figures

FIGURE 1.-a, side view of prothorax, head, and rostrum, and b, front view of head and rostrum of Jordanthribus planifacietus Zimmerman; c, front view of head and rostrum of J. conspersus Zimmerman; d, antenna! club of Araecerns fasciculatus (De Geer); e, antenna! club of A. vieillardi (Montrouzier).