Published June 1, 1942 | Version v1
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Carpophilus vittiger Murray 1864

Creators

  • 1. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu

Description

2.Carpophilus vittiger Murray, Monogr., 373, 1864. Grouvelle, Coleopt. Catalog. (56): 85, 1913.

Umatac, March 28, on beach shrubs, Bryan, May 28, Usinger; Piti, April 30, Swezey, May 2, in pods of Pithecolobium dulce, Usinger, May 22, in rotten breadfruit, Swezey, June 7, on sugar cane infested with Pseudococcus boninsis, Swezey, Sept. 20, in rotten breadfruit, Swezey; Dededo, May 11, under bark of dead Pani:lanus, Usinger; Agat, May 26, in ear of corn infested with corn earwonn, Swezey; Machanao, June 4, under bark, Swezey; Merizo, June 11, on corn, Swezey; Asan, Aug. 22, in rotten breadfruit, Swezey; Yigo, Nov. 8, 13, on corn, among dead papaya leaves and in seed cluster of an ornamental palm, Swezey.

A cosmopolitan species which was very abundant in rotten fruits in Guam. Determined by G. E. Bryant, British Museum.

Notes

Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1942, Miscellaneous Families of Guam Coleoptera, pp. 150-171 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 155, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5167701

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