Cylas formicarius

Main Author: Zimmerman, Elwood C.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: Bernice P. Bishop Museum , 1942
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5157282
Daftar Isi:
  • 10.Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius) (pl. 6, D). Brentus formicarius Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl., 74, 1798. Cylas turcipennis Boheman, in Schoenherr's Gen. Spec. Cure. 1: 369, 1833. The color-form elegantulus (Summers) with steel-blue elytra, red legs, antennae, prothorax and mesothorax was taken as follows: four from Piti, one, May 10, 1936, Usinger; one, from sweet-potato vines, Nov. 17, Swezey; and two swept from morning-glory vine on sugar cane, Sept. 1, Swezey. This species is a well-known tropicopolitan pest of sweet potatoes.
  • Published as part of Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, pp. 73-146 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 93, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5159964