Florida Entomologist (2014) 97, 857-860

Edith Lorena Ordaz-González, Armando Equihua-Martínez, Imelda León-García, Robert W. Jones, Agustín Aragón, Raciel Hernández Hernández and Santiago Vergara Pineda (2014)
Species of Sphenophorus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) associated with golf courses in Mexico
Florida Entomologist 97 (2), 857-860
Abstract: Five species of Sphenophorus were found in golf courses from 7 states of Mexico on various host plants; Sphenophorus arizonensis Horn from the state of Puebla on Paspalum vaginatum Swartz (new state and host record); Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Fahraeus was collected in Puebla on Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.; Sphenophorus incurrens Gyllenhal was collected in Querétaro on Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst, (new state record); Sphenophorus rectus (Say) was collected in Veracruz on P. clandestinum (new host plant record); and Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden was collected in Puebla, Veracruz, Guerrero, Baja California Sur and Nuevo León on C.dactylon and in Guanajuato on Lolium perenne L. (new host record). This information will aid in the development of improved management tactics for Sphenophorus species attacking turfgrass in México.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Sphenophorus striatopunctatus	Cenchrus (crop)	Mexico
	Sphenophorus venatus	Cynodon (crop)	Mexico