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23 March 2018 Hemicolpus Heller, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae): A Reconsideration and Description of New Species from Mexico and Central America
Henry A. Hespenheide
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Abstract

Hemicolpus randiae Hespenheide, new species, and H. prenai Hespenheide, new species, are described from Mexico taken from fruits of Randia sp. (Rubiaceae). Hemicolpus costaricensis Hespenheide, new species, is described from Costa Rica. The type of Hemicolpus cubicus (Lacordaire) has not been located, but Hemicolpus abdominalis Hustache is described, a syntype is illustrated, and additional distribution records are given.

Henry A. Hespenheide "Hemicolpus Heller, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae): A Reconsideration and Description of New Species from Mexico and Central America," The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(1), 119-125, (23 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.119
Received: 2 October 2017; Accepted: 3 December 2017; Published: 23 March 2018
KEYWORDS
larval host records
new country records
Randia
Rubiaceae
seed-feeding
taxonomy
weevils
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