Pityophthorus regularis Blackman, 1942

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Pityophthorus regularis Blackman ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae )

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Diagnosis: Distinguished by its small size (1.2 mm), concentric rows of asperities in the pronotum, and evenly convex elytral declivity.

Distribution: Caribbean: Cuba (Cienfuegos Province).

Hosts: Blackman gives no host information when describing this species. Mangifera ( Anacardiaceae ) is recorded as host by Vázquez et al. (2003).

Notes: Similar to Pityophthorus concentralis Eichhoff ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) present in Cuba and Florida, and known from Metopium sp ( Anacardiaceae ), but differs in the declivity which is distinctly impressed in P. concentralis .

Figures

Fig. 6. Dorsal and lateral view of female Pityophthorus regularis. Scale bar: 1 mm.Permission to publish from the National Museum of Natural History,Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.