The Coreidae of Honduras (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Author
Linares, Carlos A
Author
Orozco, Jesus
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
13067
13067
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13067
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e13067
1314-2828-5-13067
Acanthocephala femorata (F., 1775)
Distribution
Atlantida
, Comayagua, El
Paraiso
, Francisco
Morazan
, and Valle.
Notes
Specimens examined: 108 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).
Temporal distribution: January (
Passoa 1983
), May‒July, October.
Hosts:
Ipomoea batatas
(L.) Lam. (sweet potato),
Citrus sinensis
(L.) Osbeck (orange),
Cucurbita pepo
L. (pumpkin) (EAPZ);
Solanum tuberosum
L. (potato) (
Passoa 1983
);
Helianthus annuus
L. (sunflower),
Cirsium texanum
Buckley,
Ambrosia trifida
L. (wild hemp),
Baccharis neglecta
Britton,
Chenopodium album
L. (pigweed),
Cirsium horridulum
Michx. (yellow thistle),
Ratibida columnifera
(Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. (prairie coneflower),
Sorghum halepense
(L.) Pers. (Johnson grass),
Erigeron quercifolius
Lam.,
Abelmoschus esculentus
(L.) Moench (gumbo),
Parthenium
sp.,
Gossypium hirsutum
L. (cotton),
Prunus persica
(L.) Batsch (peach),
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash (
McPherson et al. 2011
), and
Jatropha curcas
L. (Barbados nut) (
Alonso and Lezcano 2014
).
Acanthocephala femorata
is parasitized by
Trichopoda pennipes
(F.), (
Diptera
:
Tachinidae
).
McPherson et al. (2011)
recorded
Arilus cristatus
L. (
Hemiptera
:
Reduviidae
),
Gryon floridanum
Ashmead (
Hymenoptera
:
Scelionidae
), and
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
Say (
Hymenoptera
:
Crabronidae
) as natural enemies.