We present the first record of Rhizophora mangle (Malpighiales: Rhizophoraceae) as a host of Acalles sablensis Blatchley, 1920 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) in the Ramsar site No. 1602 of the Mangroves and Wetlands of Tuxpan. The presence was recorded of dead Rhizophora mangle propagules that presented perforations in the bark. Beetles of the family Curculionidae was found within the propagules and identified as Acalles sablensis. This species has previously only been recorded in Cape Sable and Chokoloskee, Florida, USA, in 1920 and 1922 in dead branches of Sideroxylon celastrina (Kunth) T. D. Penn (Ericales: Sapotaceae) (Blatchley 1920, 1922). This study represents the first report of this curculionid species in Mexico.
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1 December 2014
First Record of Acalles sablensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Rhizophora mangle (Malpighiales: Rhizophoraceae) along the Gulf of Mexico
Ivette Alicia Chamorro-Florescano,
Guillermo López-Guillén,
Alejandro Arturo Martínez-Zacarías,
Charles W. O´Brien
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 97 • No. 4
December 2014
Vol. 97 • No. 4
December 2014
curculionid
curculiónido
Manglar
mangrove
propagule
propágulo