Record of damage by Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) on Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) in Campeche, Mexico.
On May 7, 2018, in the garden of an archaeological site in northern Campeche, Mexico, a Cycas revoluta plant was observed with approximately 40 % of the foliage damaged by a swarm of Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae). The present work constitutes the first report of this species cau...
- Autores:
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Sánchez Soto, Saúl
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2020
- Institución:
- Universidad del Valle
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Digital Univalle
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.univalle.edu.co:10893/20831
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10893/20831
- Palabra clave:
- Cycadales
Cycadaceae
Palma sago
Chrysomeloidea
Aulacoscelidinae
Aulacoscelis melanocera
Coleoptera
Orsodacnidae
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
| Summary: | On May 7, 2018, in the garden of an archaeological site in northern Campeche, Mexico, a Cycas revoluta plant was observed with approximately 40 % of the foliage damaged by a swarm of Aulacoscelis melanocera (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae). The present work constitutes the first report of this species causing severe damage in C. revoluta and the first record of this insect for the state of Campeche. |
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