Pachycoris klugii Burmeister 1835
Pachycoris klugii Burmeister, 1835 Figure 2d Material examined: 1 specimen labeled: MEXICO, Oaxaca, Ocotlán; Santiago Apóstol. 24-V-2018. Leg. Padilla C, E. (1♀). New locality record. Associated plants: Jatropha curcas L., Jatropha gossypiifolia L., Cnidoscolus multilobus (Pax) I.M. Johnst (Euphorbiaceae) (Cervantes-Peredo 2002; Rider 2015). Remarks: This species is considered to be a pest of Jatropha curcas in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua (Tepole-García 2012; López-Guillén et al. 2016). Little is known about its geographic distribution and hosts. This species is widely distributed in Mexico (Table 1). Cervantes-Peredo (2002) provided records from localities in Oaxaca (Chiltepec, Huajuapan de León, Pluma Hidalgo, Miahuatlán, Portillo del Rayo, Puente Nacional, Oaxaca, Tlacolula, Hierve El Agua, and Tultepec). To these, we add the new locality of Santiago Apóstol.
Institutions
- Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca (MX)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14954447
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
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