TY - JOUR
T1 - A New Host Record for Euphoria spp. Burmeister (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Cetoniinae) in Oaxaca, Mexico
T2 - Tagetes patula (Asteraceae)
AU - Hernández-Cruz, Julián
AU - Guzmán-Vásquez, Héctor Miguel
AU - Pérez-Pacheco, Rafael
AU - Granados-Echegoyen, Carlos Alejandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - A total of 48 specimens of Euphoria (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae) were collected, represented by a single specimen of E. biguttata, and 47 specimens E. subtomentosa. We report for the first time these two beetles (Melolonthidae) feeding on flowers of Tagetes patula (Asteraceae). Additionally, this is the first time the species were observed in Sola de Vega, Oaxaca State, Mexico.
AB - A total of 48 specimens of Euphoria (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae) were collected, represented by a single specimen of E. biguttata, and 47 specimens E. subtomentosa. We report for the first time these two beetles (Melolonthidae) feeding on flowers of Tagetes patula (Asteraceae). Additionally, this is the first time the species were observed in Sola de Vega, Oaxaca State, Mexico.
KW - Asteraceae
KW - Insect host feeding
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064338835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1653/024.102.0140
DO - 10.1653/024.102.0140
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0015-4040
VL - 102
SP - 236
EP - 239
JO - Florida Entomologist
JF - Florida Entomologist
IS - 1
ER -