Acanthoscelides elevatus (Sharp, 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 : 64-65

Acanthoscelides elevatus (Sharp, 1983) ( Figs. 4–5 )

This bruchid belongs to the A. albopygus species-group together with the following species: d) Lateral view.

Acanthoscelides albopygus Johnson , Acanthoscelides buenaventura Johnson , Acanthoscelides caripe Johnson , Acanthoscelides cesari Johnson , Acanthoscelides elvalle Johnson , Acanthoscelides petalopygus Kingsolver , Acanthoscelides sousai Johnson , and Acanthoscelides tinalandia Johnson. According to Johnson (1990), this group is composed of robust species, most with light-colored bodies with contrasting pubescence, mucro that is 0.25–0.40X as long as the metabasitarsomere, and a rounded or almost rounded apex of the ventral valve of the male genitalia. Acanthoscelides petalopygus feeds on Acacia collinsii Safford (Fabaceae) and A. sousai on three species of Acacia Mill. and one of Mimosa (L.) ( Fabaceae ); the host plants of the rest of the species are unknown except for A. elevatus , which feeds on Pavonia seeds.

Host Plants. Pavonia schiedeana ( de la Cruz et al. 2013) .

Distribution. Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Figures

Fig. 4. Acanthoscelides elevatus. Male, habitus: a) Dorsal view, b) Lateral view. Female, habitus: c) Dorsal view,

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