A New Species Of Acanthoscelides Schilsky, 1905 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) From Nuevo León, Mexico, With A Key To The Obtectus Species- Group
Author
Romero-Nápoles, Jesús
Instituto de Fitosanidad Colegio de Postgraduados Texcoco, México, MEXICO
jnapoles@colpos.mx
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2010
2010-06-21
64
2
125
128
journal article
10.1649/072.064.0208
1938-4394
KEY TO THE
ACANTHOSCELIDES
OBTECTUS
SPECIES- GROUP
1. Mucro at apex of hind femur ≤0.16 times as long as the first tarsomere...........................2
1
′
. Mucro at apex of hind femur 0.18
–
0.25 times as long as the first tarsomere.......................4
2(1). Large subapical spine of hind femur up to 1.4 times as long as width of tibial base, female with ovipositor not strongly sclerotized, neither ending in two spine-like processes............................................................3
2
′
. Large subapical spine of hind femur up to 1.6 times as long as width of tibial base, female with ovipositor strongly sclerotized, ending in two spine-like processes ............... .................................
A. argillaceus
(Sharp)
3(2). Apical segment of antenna red orange; antennal segments broad, antennae reaching to elytral humeri; hind leg orange except half of ventral face of hind femur black.............. ..........................................
A. obtectus
(Say)
3
′
. Apical segment of antenna black or dark brown; antennal segments narrow, antennae reaching to 0.3 length of elytra; hind leg usually all black (occasionally as in
A. obtectus
).......... .......................................
A. obvelatus
Bridwell
4(1
′
). Male length (pronotum-elytra)
2.4 mm
or less...........................
A. amplilobus
Johnson
4
′
. Male length (pronotum-elytra) more than 3.0 mm.........................................................5
5(4
′
). Color of body red orange, male length (pronotum-elytra) up to
3.3 mm
................. .............................
A. eriosemicola
Johnson
5
′
. Color of body dark brown, male length (pronotum-elytra)
3.6 mm
or more .............. ..............
A. delgadoi
Romero
,
new species