Naupactus peregrinus (Buchanan)
Type, female, USNM
Geographic distribution
Distribution
An occasional minor pest
- Argentina
- Chaco
- Entre Ríos
- Misiones
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
- Uruguay
Other distribution
BRAZIL
Rio Grande do Sul
PARAGUAY
Central
URUGUAY
Paysandú
It was introduced in USA (Florida, Mississippi and Texas) and Azores Islands
Rio Grande do Sul
PARAGUAY
Central
URUGUAY
Paysandú
It was introduced in USA (Florida, Mississippi and Texas) and Azores Islands
- Pantomorus (Graphognathus) peregrinus Buchanan 1939: 14
- Graphognathus peregrinus : Buchanan 1947:19
- Naupactus peregrinus : Lanteri & Marvaldi 1995: 222
- Naupactus brevicrinitus Hustache 1947: 103
Naupactus peregrinus belongs to N. leucoloma species group, revised by Lanteri & Marvaldi (1995). It mainly differentiates from N. leucoloma and N. minor because the eyes are more convex, scales are round instead of suboval, and setae of the pronotum are posteriorly directed.
The first instar and mature larvae were described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994) and Marvaldi (1998). The species is parthenogenetic in most of its range (Lanteri 1984; lanteri & Marvaldi 1995) and is infected with the bacterium Wolbachia, which induces parthenogenesis in several species of Naupactini (Rodriguero et al. 2010a). Its potential geographical distribution was assessed by niche modeling (Lanteri et al. 2013b).
The first instar and mature larvae were described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994) and Marvaldi (1998). The species is parthenogenetic in most of its range (Lanteri 1984; lanteri & Marvaldi 1995) and is infected with the bacterium Wolbachia, which induces parthenogenesis in several species of Naupactini (Rodriguero et al. 2010a). Its potential geographical distribution was assessed by niche modeling (Lanteri et al. 2013b).
It is harmful for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and soybean (Glycine max L. (Merr.)) in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay (Lanteri 1994, Alzugaray et al. 1998, Lanteri et al. 2002a, 2013a).
Naupactus peregrinus is associated with grasslands of the Pampean biogeographic province.
Naupactus peregrinus is associated with grasslands of the Pampean biogeographic province.
- BUCHANAN L.L. 1939. The species of Pantomorus of America north of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publications 341: 1-39, illus.
- BUCHANAN L.L. 1947. A correction and two new races in Graphognatus (white-fringed beetles) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(1): 19-22, illus.
- HUSTACHE A. 1947. Naupactini de l’Argentine et des régions limitrophes (Col. Curculion.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 13(1-5): 3-146.
- 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.
- LANTERI A.A. & MARVALDI A.E. 1995. Graphognathus Buchanan, a new synonym of Naupactus Dejean, and systematics of the N. leucoloma species group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 49(3): 206-228.
- ALZUGARAY R. ET AL. 1998. Situación de los insectos del suelo en Uruguay. In: Morón, M.A., Aragón A. (eds.). Avances en el estudio de la diversidad, importancia y manejo de los Coleópteros edafícolas americanos. Publicación Especial, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Puebla, Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología, pp. 151-164.
- MARVALDI A.E. 1998. Larvae of South American Entimini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and phylogenetic implications of certain characters. Revista Chilena de Entomología 25: 21-44.
- 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.
- RODRIGUERO M.S. ET AL. 2010a. Wolbachia infection in the tribe Naupactini: association between thelytokous parthenogenesis and infection status. Insect Molecular Biology 19(5): 599-705.
- LANTERI A.A. ET AL. 2013a. On the presence of six species of Naupactini damaging soybean in Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 42: 325-327.
- LANTERI A.A. ET AL. 2013b. Potential geographic distributions and successful invasions of parthenogenetic broad-nosed weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) native to South America. Environmental Entomology 42(4): 677-686.
