Review of the Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of North America and the West Indies with descriptions of two new species of Cybocephalus Erichson
Author
Smith, Trevor Randall
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34 th St. / PO Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614 - 7100
text
Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-08-26
2022
950
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7300614
1942-1354
7300614
2425983D-0398-45D4-A728-3BF5991D07BE
Cybocephalus iviei
T. R.
Smith
(
Fig. 85–92
)
Cybocephalus iviei
T. R.
Smith
in
Smith
and Cave 2007a: 169–170
.
Distribution.
West Indies (
Puerto Rico
,
U.S. Virgin Islands
).
Hosts.
Pseudococcidae
:
Hypogeococcus pungens
Granara de Willink.
Remarks.
A large series of
C. iviei
was collected, sifting litter underneath cacti and agave. Cybocephalids are often associated with scale insects feeding on cacti, and it can be inferred that this was why so many of these beetles were found thus. Another series of this beetle was collected in flight intercept traps on Buck Island,
U.S. Virgin Islands
. This species (published as
C. kathrynae
) has been documented feeding on the pollen of
Mammillaria nivosa
Link ex N. D. Pfeiffer
and was captured in
Puerto Rico
feeding on
H. pungens
(Curbelo-Rodrígues et al. 2012)
. This is a wingless species, unlike
Cybocephalus randalli
; no winged phenotypes have been found. Originally this species was determined to be
C. kathrynae
by the author (Curbelo-Rodrígues et al. 2012). However, upon further examination and with more specimens on hand for dissection, the author has determined that the species recorded in
Puerto Rico
by Curbelo-Rodrígues et al. (2012) was
C. iviei
.