Mendozella curvispinis (Hustache)
Female, MLP. Photograph by P. Hernández
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Mendoza
Other distribution
- Trichocyphus curvispinis Hustache 1926: 161
- Mendozella curvispinis : Hustache 1939: 43
Mendozella was revised by Lanteri (1989) and includes two species, the type M. curvispinis and M. hirsuta (Lanteri & del Río 2016), both endemic to Mendoza province and characterized by the presence of long erect setae on elytra.
Mendozella curvispinis differentiates from M. hirsuta mainly by the presence of a large tooth-like tubercle at the elytral humeri, the brownish scaly vestiture, and the presence of a line of denticles on the inner margin of all tibiae.
Mouthparts were studied by Díaz et al. (1990a) and details of vestiture were published in Coscarón et al. (1991).
Mendozella curvispinis differentiates from M. hirsuta mainly by the presence of a large tooth-like tubercle at the elytral humeri, the brownish scaly vestiture, and the presence of a line of denticles on the inner margin of all tibiae.
Mouthparts were studied by Díaz et al. (1990a) and details of vestiture were published in Coscarón et al. (1991).
Larrea divaricata Cav. (Lanteri et al. 2002a).
Associated with typical vegetation of Monte biogeographical province, mainly characterized by the presence of Prosopis sp (Fabaceae) and Larrea sp (Zygophyllaceae).
Associated with typical vegetation of Monte biogeographical province, mainly characterized by the presence of Prosopis sp (Fabaceae) and Larrea sp (Zygophyllaceae).
- HUSTACHE A. 1926. Contribution à l’étude des Curculionides de la République Argentina (première note). Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Bernardino Rivadavia 34: 155-261, illus.
- 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.
- LANTERI A.A. 1989. Estudio sistemático de los géneros Trichocyphus Heller y Mendozella Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 60: 139-147.
- 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.
- 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. & MORRONE J.J. 1991. Cladistic analysis of Priocyphus Hustache and related genera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93(2): 278-287.
- 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.
