Priocyphus bosqi Hustache
Paratype, female, MLP. Photograph by P. Hernández
Geographic distribution
Distribution
An occasional minor pest
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Córdoba
- La Pampa
- San Luis
Other distribution
- Priocyphus bosqi Hustache 1939: 43
Priocyphus Hustache was revised by Lanteri (1990b) and is closely related to Priocyphopsis (Lanteri & del Río 2016). It mainly differentiates from the latter because the humeri lack a tooth-like tubercle, the prementum has long setae on the external face, same as Cyrtomon species and eyes are almost flat.
Priocyphus bosqi is the type species of Priocyphus, a genus endemic to central Argentina and Paraguay. Mouthparts were described in Díaz et al. (1990a) and characters of the vestiture, by Coscarón et al. (1991).
The first instar larva of P. bosqi was described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994), and eggs and oviposition type were studied by Marvaldi (1999).
Priocyphus bosqi is the type species of Priocyphus, a genus endemic to central Argentina and Paraguay. Mouthparts were described in Díaz et al. (1990a) and characters of the vestiture, by Coscarón et al. (1991).
The first instar larva of P. bosqi was described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994), and eggs and oviposition type were studied by Marvaldi (1999).
It causes damage to alfalfa Medicago sativa L. (Fabaceae) in La Pampa and Córdoba provinces (Lanteri 1994), and is also associated with Glycine max (L.) Merr. (Fabaceae) and Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvaceae) (Lanteri et al. 2002a).
It is associated with native vegetation of Pampean and Espinal biogeographic provinces, the latter mainly characterized by Acacia caven L. (= Vachellis caven) (Fabaceae).
It is associated with native vegetation of Pampean and Espinal biogeographic provinces, the latter mainly characterized by Acacia caven L. (= Vachellis caven) (Fabaceae).
- HUSTACHE A. 1939. Curculionides nouveaux de l'Argentine et autres régions Sud-Américaines. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 128: 38-64, 99-124, illus.
- DÍAZ N.B. ET AL. 1990a. Importancia taxonómica de las piezas bucales en la tribu Naupactini. I. Género Cyrtomon Schoenherr y taxa afines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 34(4): 861-876.
- LANTERI A.A. 1990b. Revisión sistemática del género Priocyphus Hustache 1939 y creación de los géneros Priocyphopsis y Lamprocyphopsis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomología 34(2): 403-422.
- COSCARON M.C. ET AL. 1991. Importancia taxonómica del revestimiento tegumentario en la tribu Naupactini I. Género Cyrtomon y taxa afines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Neotrópica 37(97): 31-54.
- LANTERI A.A. 1994. Bases para el control integrado de los gorgojos de la alfalfa. De la Campana Ediciones, La Plata, 119 pp.
- MARVALDI A.E. & LOIÁCONO M.S. 1994. First instar larvae in the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 38(2): 453-466.
- MARVALDI A.E. 1999. Eggs and oviposition habits in Entimini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 53(2): 115-126.
- LANTERI A.A. ET AL. 2002a. Gorgojos de la Argentina y sus plantas huéspedes. Tomo I: Apionidae y Curculionidae. Publicación Especial de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina Nº 1, 98 pp.
- LANTERI A.A. & DEL RÍO M.G. 2016. Taxonomy and cladistics of the group of genera related to Cyrtomon Schöenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Naupactini). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 75(1-2): 55-77.
