Agenysa peruviana Spaeth 1915

Abstract

Agenysa peruviana Spaeth 1915 New Record (Figure 1A, Table 1) One of us (RW) observed several adults feeding on a Mikania species (Asteraceae) on at least four separate occasions between 2003–2010 in Peru: Loreto Province: Picuroyacu, 150 m, in forest clearings and at forest borders. RW also found individuals feeding on a different Mikania species in Brazil: Amazonas Province, Tabatinga, 4°13’48.30” S, 69° 56’12.45” W, 200 m, understorey of riverine forest, 4.IX.2008. Brazil is a new country record and Mikania is the first host record for this species.Published as part of Chaboo, Caroline S., Frieiro-Costa, Fernando A., Gómez-Zurita, Jesús & Westerduijn, Rob, 2014, Origins and diversification of subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Chrysomelinae), pp. 2325-2367 in Journal of Natural History 48 (37 - 38) on page 2336, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.909060, http://zenodo.org/record/519430