Review of the New World species of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Languriidae).
By Pakaluk, J.
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Pakaluk, J. 1988. Review of the New World species of
Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Languriidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 36: 447-451.
Abstract: The New World species of
Pharaxonotha Reitter are reviewed. Four species are recognized:
Pharaxonotha floridana (Casey) is known only from Florida, breeding in the cones of
Zamia pumila; P. kirschii Reitter is a widespread, stored products pest, often associated with cotton bolls, stored grain, and edible tubers; two new species from Costa Rica, [i]P.