Acallopistus vellicosus Schoenherr 1826

Acallopistus vellicosus Schoenherr 1826 View in CoL

Acallopistus vellicosus Schoenherr 1826: 250 View in CoL . [ Type locality: Transquebaria]

Acallopistus maculithorax Hustache 1929: 508 View in CoL .

Acallopistus senegalensis Hustache 1932: 69 View in CoL .

Sri Lankan records. Heller (1901: 339 —Anuradhapura); Haran (2013: 556 —Anuradhapura, Maha Illuppallama).

Distribution. Sri Lanka , India, Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda.

Biological notes. Adults were obtained from fruits of Abutilon indicum (Linn.) in India; adults were also collected on A. hirtum (Lamk.) , Hibiscus spp. and Gossypium spp. (cotton). This species is univoltine, adults appear on the host plant during September—October. After mating, the female deposits 6 to 9 eggs in fruits by making a circular hole in the pericarp of the fruits with its rostrum. Larvae develop in one ovary and burrow into the adjacent ones in the latest stages. Pupation takes place within the fruit. After eclosion, adults remain inside the fruit for the hardening and darkening of the cuticle. The new generation appears around the beginning of November and stay one month on the plant before moving to the hibernation site. Larval stages are parasitized in India by one species of Chalcidoidea and of Braconidae ( Haran 2013) .

Tribe Curculionini Latreille 1802

Subtribe Labaninina Pelsue & O’Brien 2011

Genus Pseudoculio Pelsue & O’Brien 2011: 34 View Cited Treatment [ Type species: Balaninus discreticoxis G.A.K. Marshall 1919 View in CoL ]