Cybocephalus zakotus, T. R. Smith in T. R. Smith & Cave, 2007

Smith, Trevor Randall, 2022, Review of the Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of North America and the West Indies with descriptions of two new species of Cybocephalus Erichson, Insecta Mundi 2022 (950), pp. 1-35 : 28

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scientific name	Cybocephalus zakotus
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Cybocephalus zakotus View in CoL T. R. Smith

(Fig. 144–152)

Cybocephalus zakotus View in CoL T. R. Smith in Smith and Cave 2007b: 847.

Distribution. Western North America from British Columbia, Canada, south to Jalisco, Mexico, and as far east as Texas, USA.

Hosts. Diaspididae : Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead , Chionaspis pinifolia (Fitch) .

Remarks. A large series of these beetles were found feeding on A. tubercularis infesting mangoes ( Mangifera indica L.) in a commercial mango orchard near Las Varas, Mexico. In British Columbia, Canada, this species was collected on Pinus ponderosa Dougl. Ex Laws. with label data stating that the beetles were feeding on immature C. pinifolia .