Description of immature stages of Phelypera schuppeli (Boheman, 1834) with comments on natural history (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperinae)

Abstract

Immatures of the Phelypera schuppeli (Boheman, 1834) (Curculionidae; Hyperinae; Cepurini) are described, illustrated and compared with available descriptions of larvae and pupae of Hyperini. Immatures and adults from midwest (Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul; Pirenópolis, Goiás) and southeast Brazil (Bauru, São Paulo) were found on leaves of the host plant, Pachira aquatica Aubl. ( Malvaceae, formerly Bombacaceae), a tree used as an ornamental plant in many Brazilian frost-free cities. Larvae of P. schuppeli are exophytic, brightly colored, eruciform and possess abdominal ambulatory ampullae, resembling larvae of Lepidoptera. Mature larvae can spin globular lattice-like cocoons where pupation takes place. Data in the field and under laboratory conditions confirmed previously published biological observations on P. schuppeli. Additional information about defensive behaviors, process of cocoon construction and natural enemies, such as the larval predator Supputius cinticeps (Stål, 1860) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the prepupal and pupal parasitoid Jaliscoa nudipennis Bouček, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), are reported.

Occurrence of Phelypera griseofasciata and its parasitism in munguba in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro

“…There was also head shape dimorphism between male and female Jaliscoa nudipennis individuals, as reported by VANIN et al (2012). However, male individuals have also shown intrasexual head shape dimorphism.…”

“…Jaliscoa nudipennis is registered in several Neotropical countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela (BOUČEK, 1993;GIBSON, 2013). VANIN et al (2012) have reported the incidence of Jaliscoa nudipennis as Phelypera schuppeli pre-pupae parasitoid (Boheman, 1834) in Pachira aquatica in Dourados County (MS). GIBSON (2013) has reported the incidence of this parasitoid in Manaus (AM) and Encruzilhada counties (BA), although the host was not mentioned.…”

The morphology of the immature stages of Metadonus vuillefroyanus (Capiomont, 1868) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Hyperini) and notes on its biology

“…The larvae of 43 hyperine taxa have already been described (Anderson 1948; Baccetti 1957, 1958, 1959; Zaslavskij 1959, 1965, 1967; Scherf 1964; Lee and Morimoto 1988; May 1993; Nazarenko 2000a, b; Marvaldi 2003; Skuhrovec 2005a, 2006a, 2007; Vanin et al 2012). The detailed description of the pupa is similar for nine hyperine taxa (Baccetti 1957, 1958, 1959; Scherf 1964; Gosik 2008; Vanin et al 2012).…”

“…The detailed description of the pupa is similar for nine hyperine taxa (Baccetti 1957, 1958, 1959; Scherf 1964; Gosik 2008; Vanin et al 2012). …”

“…Vanin et al (2012) published a detailed description of the immature stages of Phelypera schuppeli (Boheman, 1834) and found that the larvae have 2-segmented labial palpi unlike “typical” hyperines, but identical to Metadonus vuillefroyanus . A comparative summary of all recent data was provided by Oberprieler et al (2014).…”