Acyphus renggeri (Labram & Imhoff)
Female. Typical morphotype. Photograph by J.E. Barriga-Tuñón
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Misiones
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
PARAGUAY
Central
URUGUAY
Artigas, Paysandú, Río Negro
The presence of this species in Brazil was not confirmed.
Central
URUGUAY
Artigas, Paysandú, Río Negro
The presence of this species in Brazil was not confirmed.
- Megalostylus renggeri Labram & Imhoff 1849: 61
- Acyphus funicularis Heller 1921: 27
- Acyphus rengeeri : Kuschel in Wibmer & O’Brien 1986: 52
Acyphus Heller is a monotypic genus revised by Lanteri & del Río (2006). The single species, A. renggeri, includes three different morphotypes: A) the typical one, with pale nebulose scaly pattern and two pairs of dense irregular maculae on the elytra; B) with pale nebulose scaly pattern but lacking pairs of irregular maculae on elytra; and C) lacking distinct scaly vestiture on the elytra. Males are only known from Formosa and they are all devoid of scales.
Prosopis affinis Spreng. (=Prosopis algarrobilla Griseb., Prosopis nandubey Lor. ex Griseb.) and Prosopis torquata (Cav. ex Lag.) D.C. The former is a deciduous tree distributed in northeastern Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Santa Fe and Santiago del Estero provinces), southern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, Perú and Uruguay (Burkart 1976), area that approximately corresponds to the geographic distribution of Acyphus. In Buenos Aires province A. renggeri was found on Thalia sp (Marantaceae) and Acacia caven Mol. (Fabaceae) commonly called “espinillo”.
Associated with native trees of the family Fabaceae (legumes), typical of the Chacoan and Espinal biogeographic provinces.
Associated with native trees of the family Fabaceae (legumes), typical of the Chacoan and Espinal biogeographic provinces.
- LABRAM D. & IMHOFF L. 1849. Singulorum generum curculionidum. Die Gattungen der Rüsselkäfer Basel. Vol. 2, fasc. 16-18.
- HELLER K.M. 1921. Nuevos curculiónidos de la Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 91: 19-35.
- BURKART A. 1976. A monograph of the genus Prosopis (Leguminosae subfam. Mimosoideae). [Part 1.]. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 57(3): 219-249.
- 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. & DEL RÍO M.G. 2006. Taxonomic revision of the monotypic genus Acyphus Heller (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with comments on infraspecific variation. Zootaxa 1312: 59-68.
