Ovipositor behavior, guilds, distribution and new host records for the genus Mimosestes bridwell (coleoptera: Bruchidae) from Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Johnson, Clarence Dan ^a   Siemens, David H ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; SEED PREDATION;

COLOMBIA; ECUADOR;

ACACIA; ACACIA GENTLEI; ACACIA TORTUOSA; BRUCHIDAE; CAESALPINIA CORIARIA; CAESALPINIA SCLEROCARPA; COLEOPTERA; LEGUMINOSAE; MIMOSESTES BREVICORNIS; MIMOSESTES CINERIFER; MIMOSESTES ENTEROLOBII; MIMOSESTES HUMERALIS; MIMOSESTES INSULARIS; MIMOSESTES MIMOSAE; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; PROSOPIS PALLIDA;

EID: 0030484336     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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