Acanthoscelides pavoniestes Johnson, 1983

Romero-Nápoles, Jesús, 2014, Seed Beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Associated with Seeds ofPavoniaCav. (Malvaceae), with Description of a New Species and Notes on Three Others, The Coleopterists Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 61-68 : 66-67

Acanthoscelides pavoniestes Johnson, 1983 ( Figs. 8–9 )

The A. blanchardi species-group is comprised of nine species, including A. pavoniestes . This species is characterized by a mucro which is 0.3X as long as the metabasitarsomere, variegated vestiture on dorsal surfaces, and male genitalia having a rounded ventral valve and usually many spines in the internal sac. Acanthoscelides blanchardi Johnson , Acanthoscelides fryxelli Johnson , Acanthoscelides orlandi Johnson , and A. pavoniestes have host plants exclusively in the family Malvaceae ; Acanthoscelides hibiscicola Johnson has been collected from the legume Senna skinneri (Benth.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby as a marginal host, however, its main hosts are in Malvaceae . For the remaining bruchids in the species-group ( Acanthoscelides santander Johnson , Acanthoscelides vexatus (Sharp) , and A. wicki ), the host plants are unknown.

Host Plant. Pavonia candida ( Johnson 1983) .

Distribution. This species is a Mexican endemic and has been collected only in the states of Michoacán and Nayarit.

d) Lateral view.

3′. Head without dark brown spot; antennomeres dark brown; genitalia as in Fig. 5 .................. ................. Acanthoscelides elevatus (Sharp)

Figures

Fig. 8. Acanthoscelides pavoniestes. Male, habitus: a) Dorsal view, b) Lateral view. Female, habitus: c) Dorsal view,

Fig. 9. Acanthoscelides pavoniestes, male genitalia. a) Median lobe, b) Lateral lobes.

Fig. 5. Acanthoscelides elevatus, male genitalia. a) Median lobe, b) Lateral lobes.