Teratopactus nodicollis (Boheman)
Type, female, NHRS. Morphotype perpastus.
Geographic distribution
Distribution
An occasional minor pest
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Misiones
- Santiago del Estero
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
BOLIVIA
Santa Cruz
BRAZIL
Bahía, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Río de Janeiro, São Paulo
PARAGUAY
Concepción, Villa Hayes
Santa Cruz
BRAZIL
Bahía, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Río de Janeiro, São Paulo
PARAGUAY
Concepción, Villa Hayes
- Naupactus nodicollis Boheman 1833: 585
- Naupactus serripes Boheman in Schoenherr 1840: 28
- Naupactus angulicollis Lucas 1857: 153
- Naupactus paulanus Fonseca & Autuori 1933: 140
- Teratopactus nodicollis : Kuschel in Wibmer & O’Brien 1986: 57
- Teratopactus perpastus : Kuschel in Wibmer & O’Brien 1986: 57
Teratopactus Heller was revised by del Río et al. (2006) and includes seven species, most of them distributed only in Brazil.
Teratopactus nodicollis is distinguished by the presence of a tooth-like tubercle on each side of pronotum and at the apex of humeri. The vestiture is mostly brown, mixed with whitish; the scutellum is white same as 5º interval of elytra.
This species shows great morphometric and color variation throughout its geographic range. Males are more slender than females.
The oviposition habits have been studied by Guedes & Parra (2004), that demonstrated that T. nodicollis oviposits isolate eggs in the soil (most Naupactini lay masses of eggs on plants or litter).
Teratopactus nodicollis is distinguished by the presence of a tooth-like tubercle on each side of pronotum and at the apex of humeri. The vestiture is mostly brown, mixed with whitish; the scutellum is white same as 5º interval of elytra.
This species shows great morphometric and color variation throughout its geographic range. Males are more slender than females.
The oviposition habits have been studied by Guedes & Parra (2004), that demonstrated that T. nodicollis oviposits isolate eggs in the soil (most Naupactini lay masses of eggs on plants or litter).
Baccharis dracunculifolia DC. (Asteraceae), Panicum campestre Nees ex Trin. and Paspalum plicatum Pers. (Poaceae) (Silva et al. 1968). In Brazil causes damage in Zea mays L. (Poaceae), Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanaceae), Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) and Citrus spp (Rutaceae) (Lanteri et al. 2002b), and in Argentina attacks Citrus spp (Lanteri et al. 2002a).
It is mainly associated with vegetation of the Chacoan and Cerrado biogeographic provinces.
It is mainly associated with vegetation of the Chacoan and Cerrado biogeographic provinces.
- BOHEMAN C.H. 1833. In: Schoenherr, C.J. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Roret, Paris. Vol. 1, pt. 1, pp. I-XV, 1-381; pt. 2, pp. 383-681 [+ pp.683-685 (Corrigenda)].
- BOHEMAN C.H. IN SCHOENHERR C.J. 1840. In: Schoenherr, C.J. Genera et species curculionidum cum synonymia hujus familiae. Roret, Paris; Fleischer, Lipsiae. Vol. 6, pt.1, pp. 1-474.
- LUCAS P.H. 1857. Entomologie. In Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Río de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du Gourvernement francais pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Bertrand, Paris, 204 pp., illus. [Curc. pp. 149-177].
- FONSECA J.P. & AUTUORI M. 1933. In: Betancourt A., da Fonseca J.P., Autuori M. (eds.) Doenças, pragas e tratamentos, Manual de Citricultura, II Parte, Ed. Chacaras e Quinto, S. Paulo, 212 pp., illus.
- SILVA A.G. ET AL. 1968. Quarto Catálogo dos insetos que vivem nas plantas do Brasil, seus parasitos e predadores. Ministerio da Agricultura, Departamento de Defesa e Inspecão Agropecuaria, Serviço de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal, Laboratorio Central de Patología Vegetal. Río de Janeiro, GB, Brasil, 622 pp.
- KUSCHEL G. IN WIBMER G. & O’BRIEN C.W. 1986. In: Wibmer G., O’Brien C.W. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 39, 563 pp.
- 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. ET AL. 2002b. Weevil Injurious for Roots of Citrus in São Paulo State, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 31(4): 561-569.
- GUEDES J.V.C. & PARRA J.R. 2004. Oviposição dos curculionídeos-das-raízes dos citros (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, 34(3): 673-678.
- DEL RÍO M.G. ET AL. 2006. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Teratopactus Heller (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(5): 585-602.
