
Comportamento de oviposição de Bruchidae (Coleoptera) predadores de sementes de Cassia leptophylla Vogel (Caesalpinaceae), morfologia dos ovos e descrição de uma nova espécie
2002; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia; Volume: 19; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0101-81752002000500024
ISSN1806-969X
AutoresCibele S. Ribeiro-Costa, Andréa de Souza Costa,
Tópico(s)Biological Control of Invasive Species
ResumoOviposition behavior of Bruchidae (Coleoptera) seed predators of CassÚlleptophylla Vogel (Caesalpinaceae), egg morphology and description of a new species.Sennius leptophyllicola sp.novo is described from Paraná, Brazil and reported to feed in seeds of Cassia leptophylla Vogel with Pygiopachymerus lineola (Chevrolat, 1871).Both species attach their eggs to the outside of the fruit valves of the host.Their oviposition behavior places them in oviposition guild A of JOHNSON (1981).Eggs were described based upon scanning electron micrographs.
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