CURCULIONIDAE, Latreille, 1802

Ferro, Michael L., Nguyen, Nhu H., Tishechkin, Alexey, Park, Jong-Seok, Bayless, Victoria & Carlton, Christopher E., 2013, Coleoptera Collected from Rotting Fishhook Barrel Cacti (Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton and Rose), with a Review of Nearctic Coleoptera Associated with Succulent Necrosis, The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (4), pp. 419-443 : 426

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-67.4.419
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787B8-1D33-FFBD-FEEA-E3D2B6A2F95C
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	CURCULIONIDAE
status

Treatment

CURCULIONIDAE View in CoL

Cossoninae

Apotrepus densicollis Casey ( Fig. 6 View Figs )

Comments. Monotypic genus.

Range. Arizona ( Casey 1892; Fall and Cockerell 1907; Hubbard 1899); Baja California, Mexico ( Blackwelder 1957).

Habitat. Adults in dry “crusts” of dead saguaro ( Hubbard 1899); incidental on Opuntia Mill. ( Hunter et al. 1912) ; immatures from Cereus Mill. ( Anderson 1952) ; adults and immatures from dried stalk of Dasylirion wheeleri ( Hubbard 1901) .

Biology. Unknown beyond habitat.

Additional References. Anderson 1952 (immature description); Anderson 2002 (key to genus/ species); Blackwelder 1957; Casey 1892; Horn 1894 (as Apotrepes densicollis ); Kissinger 1964 (key to genus/species); Leng 1920.