A new record of Hypera (Hypera) postica (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Ishigaki-jima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Extracted from the stomach contents of two anuran species, Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda & Ota and Rhinella marina (Linnaeus) (Amphibia)

Abstract

ゾウムシ科の外来種アルファルファタコゾウムシ(タコゾウムシ亜科)を石垣島から初めて記録した.本種の成虫3個体が,在来のサキシマヌマガエルおよび外来のオオヒキガエルの胃内容物として検出された.A non-native curculionid weevil species, Hypera (Hypera) postica (Gyllenhal, 1813) (Hyperinae), was recorded for the first time from Ishigaki-jima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Three individuals of H. (H.) postica were extracted from the stomach contents of two anuran species (Amphibia): a native frog species, Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui, Toda & Ota, 2007 (Dicroglossidae), and an invasive toad species, Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bufonidae).http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_650