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 zakotus
T. R.
Smith
(Fig. 144–152)
Cybocephalus zakotus
T. R.
Smith
in
Smith
and Cave 2007b: 847
.
Distribution.
Western North America from
British Columbia
,
Canada
, south to
Jalisco
,
Mexico
, and as far east as
Texas
,
USA
.
Hosts.
Diaspididae
:
Aulacaspis tubercularis
Newstead
,
Chionaspis pinifolia
(Fitch)
.
Remarks.
A large series of these beetles were found feeding on
A. tubercularis
infesting mangoes (
Mangifera indica
L.) in a commercial mango orchard near Las Varas,
Mexico
. In
British Columbia
,
Canada
, this species was collected on
Pinus ponderosa
Dougl. Ex Laws.
with label data stating that the beetles were feeding on immature
C. pinifolia
.