Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was found in Oaxaca, Mexico, feeding in the stems of Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae), a new host record. Information about damage in the plant stems and some observations of the insect’s biology are provided

Figueroa de la Rosa, José Isaac

Jarquín López, Roselia

Romero Nápoles, Jesús

Sánchez García, José Antonio

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CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FLFirst report of Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) on Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K.(Hydrophilaceae) in MexicoJosé Antonio Sánchez García and Roselia Jarquín LópezCIIDIR Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Área de Control biológico,Hornos #1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, C.P. 71230, México.Jesús Romero NápolesInstituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados,km 36.5 carr. fed. México-TexcocoMontecillo, Estado de México, C.P. 56230, México.José Isaac Figueroa de la RosaInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo,Km. 9.5 carretera Morelia-ZinapécuaroTarímbaro, Michoacán, C.P. 58880, México.Date of Issue: May 10, 20130299INSECTAMUNDI A Journal of World Insect SystematicsJosé Antonio Sánchez García, Roselia Jarquín López, Jesús Romero Nápoles, and JoséIsaac Figueroa de la RosaFirst report of Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) onWigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae) in MexicoInsecta Mundi 0299: 1-4ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50D229E8-B098-4759-982A-BC660025E089Published in 2013 byCenter for Systematic Entomology, Inc.P. O. Box 141874Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USAhttp://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non-marine arthropod. 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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons,Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduc-tion in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/10299: 1-4 2013First report of Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) on Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K.(Hydrophilaceae) in MexicoJosé Antonio Sánchez García and Roselia Jarquín LópezCIIDIR Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Área de Control biológico,Hornos #1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, C.P. 71230, México.Braconido2@yahoo.comJesús Romero NápolesInstituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados,km 36.5 carr. fed. México-TexcocoMontecillo, Estado de México, C.P. 56230, México.jnapoles@colpos.mxJosé Isaac Figueroa de la RosaInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo,Km. 9.5 carretera Morelia-Zinapécuaro, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, C.P. 58880, México.figueroaji@yahoo.comABSTRACT. Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was found in Oaxaca, Mexico, feeding inthe stems of Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae), a new host record. Information about damagein the plant stems and some observations of the insect’s biology are provided.RESUMEN. Se reporta por primera vez en México la presencia del cerambícido Desmiphora hirticollis  (Olivier)(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) alimentándose de los tallos de Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae).Se proporciona información sobre los daños que provoca este insecto a los tallos de la planta, así como algunasobservaciones biológicas del insecto.DiscussionDesmiphora  Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a Neotropical genus, according to Monné(2005) including 68 species belonging to two subgenera (Desmiphora and Antennifora Breuning). Ofthese species, seven have been reported from Mexico: D. bijuba Giesbert, D. canescens Bates, D. chemsakiGiesbert, D. cirrosa Erichson, D. fasciculata (Olivier), D. hirticollis (Olivier) and D. variola Giesbert(Giesbert 1998; Monné and Bezark 2012).Desmiphora hirticollis has been recorded from the USA (southern Texas; Vogt 1949, Rice et al. 1985,Hovore et al. 1987), Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana,Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Curação, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,Puerto Rico, St, Vincent, and Venezuela (Giesbert 1998; Monné and Bezark 2012). In Mexico this specieshas been recorded in Guerrero (Giesbert 1998), Jalisco (Chemsak and Noguera 1993), Oaxaca (Giesbert1998), Puebla (Noguera and Chemsak 1996), Sonora (Noguera et al. 2009), Veracruz (Noguera andChemsak 1996) and Quintana Roo (Giesbert 1998).Monné (2002) reported D. hirticollis on Cordia alliodora (Ruiz and Pavón), C. boisseri (A. DC.), C.eleagnoides (A. DC.), Ehretia anacua (Berl.) (Boraginaceae), and Sapium acuparium Jacq., and Duffy(1960) reported larvae of this beetle in Sapium sp. (Euphorbiaceae). Desmiphora hirticollis has beenreared from C. eleagnoides (A. DC.) (Chemsak and Noguera 1993); MacRae (2012) found D. hirticollis onlogs of “guayabi” (Patagonula americana L., Boraginaceae) in Argentina, and suggested that it served asa larval host due to the number of adult specimens observed on it; however, he  did not observe anyfeeding damage on those logs.2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0299, May 2013 GARCÍA ET AL.From May 2011 to November 2012 we collected 71 males (Fig.1a, 2a) and 68 females (Fig. 1b, 2b) ofD. hirticollis on Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae) in Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán,Cuilapam, Jalpan, and Zaachila, Oaxaca (Fig. 3); adults preferred dried leaves or young buds, apparentlyto avoid detection (Fig. 4). According to MacRae (2012), D. hirticollis is nocturnal; in contrast, weobserved adults during the day and hypothesize that the beetles’ coloration and distinct tufts of setaeplay a role in cryptic coloration. Adults were occasionally observed within hollowed stems. In March2012 we collected 10 larvae and obtained three pupae and adults of D. hirticollis from branches of W.urens (Fig. 5). Larvae caused damage to stems and branches when feeding, resulting in their drying out.Cano and Oyama (1994) reported 14 species of insects on W. urens in La Reserva del Pedregal de SanAngel, Mexico City, but he did not cite D. hirticollis. Our study is the first report of D. hirticollis on W.urens and the first report of the family Hydrophilaceae as a host plant. Wigandia urens has been used formedicinal, ornamental and ceremonial purposes (Rzedowski and Rzedowski 2001) and has biologicalimportance for many species of insects (Cano and Oyama 1994).AcknowledgmentsWe thank Eugenio H. Nearns and Thomas H. Atkinson for reviewing the manuscript.Literature CitedCano, S. Z., and K. Oyama. 1994. Wigandia urens (Hydrophyllaceae): un mosaico de recursos parasus insectos herbívoros. Acta Botánica Mexicana 28: 29-39.Chemsak, J. A., and F. A. Noguera. 1993. 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First report of Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Wigandia urens (Ruiz and Pavón) H.B.K. (Hydrophilaceae) in Mexico

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