Talurus tortonesei ( Bechyné, 1957 )

Gómez-Zurita, Jesús & Maes, Jean-Michel, 2022, New Genera and Species Records of Nicaraguan Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Including a New Species in a New Generic Record for Central America, Neotropical Entomology 51 (5), pp. 705-721 : 717-718

Talurus tortonesei ( Bechyné, 1957)

( Figs. 3f , 4e , 5k )

Confirmation records: JGZC: (1) 3 females (JGZC-1205, JGZC-1207, JGZC-1217) and 2 males (JGZC-1208, JGZC-1209, JGZC-1219), Granada, Reserva Silvestre Privada Domitila, May 2010, J.-M. Maes leg., Talurus tortonesei Bech. J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (2) 7 females ( JGZC-1943 , JGZC-1945 to JGZC-1950 ), Granada, Reserva Natural Lagunas de Mecatepe y Río Manares , Hacienda Las Plazuelas , 11°46′16.59″N 85°57′41.68″W, 62 m, June 2011, J.-M. Maes leg., Talurus tortonesei Bech. J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022. MEL: (1) 1 ex., Chinandega, Pikin Guerrero , 12.666235 -86.973671, 560 m, June 1994, on Phaseolus reticulatus, J. Munguia leg.; (2) 3 exx., Granada, Volcán Mombacho, Finca San Joaquín , 11.825672 -85.988872, 650 m, trampa Malaise en cultivo orgánico de café, 30 June 1998, J.-M. Maes leg.; (3) 1 ex., Granada, Volcán Mombacho , 11.827567 -85.963137, 1100 m, July 2002, bosque de neblina, L. Huez leg.; (4) 8 exx., Granada, Reserva Domitila , 11.701478 -85.949158, 55 m, May 2005, J.-M. Maes leg.; (5) 5 exx., #5, idem, 10–14 June 2007, Talurus tortonesi R. Westerduijn det. 2020 and W. Flowers det. 2020; (6) 3 exx., #151, idem, June 2008, Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (7) 1 ex., León, cra. a Poneloya, El Carmen , 12.350003 -86.966653, 10 m, 1 July 1983, on Pithecelobium dulce ( Mimosaceae ), J.-M. Maes leg., Eumolpinae I. Askevold det. 1987; (8) 1 ex., #168 , León, 12.437571 -86.874655, 110 m, 22 June 1986, sobre pipian, R. Cisneros leg., Talurus salvini I. Askevold det. 1987, Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (9) 3 exx., León, 12.437571 -86.874655, 110 m, May 1988, J.-M. Maes leg.; (10) 6 exx., idem, July 1989; (11) 1 ex., idem, July 1992; (12) 2 exx., #166, idem, May 1993, J.-M. Maes & J. Téllez leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (13) 1 ex., idem, June 1993; (14) 2 exx., idem, August 1997, J.-M. Maes leg.; (15) 1 ex., León, Museo Entomológico , 12.437571 -86.874655, 110 m, June 1995, J.-M. Maes leg.; (16) 1 ex., idem, May 1999; (17) 1 ex., idem, 5 June 2000; (18) 1 ex., León, Centro de Iniciativa Medio Ambiental (CIMAC) , 12.432740 -86.873283, 96 m, 20 June 2000, trampa de luz, M. Torres leg.; (19) 8 exx., idem, 24 June 2000, M. Torres & B. Hernández leg.; (20) 1 ex., León, Colegio Manuel Ignacio Lacayo , 12.435225 -86.902045, 83 m, 28 May 1988, on Zea mays, J.-M. Maes leg.; (21) 3 exx., León, La Paz Centro , 12.343411 -86.676218, 80 m, 19 May 1995, plaga de soja; (22) 1 ex., Managua, La Morita , 12.114993 -86.236174, 160 m, 29 June 1959, sobre hoja de frijol, J. Morales leg.; (23) 1 ex., Managua, Universidad Nacional Agraria , La Calera, 12.147945 -86.161338, 56 m, 23 July 1962, sobre frijol, L. Saenz leg.; (24) 1 ex., #145 , Managua, Mateare, 12.234602 -86.431384, 70 m, 27 October 1994, on Jatropha curcas, C. Grimm leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (25) 278 exx, #1–#4 , Managua, cra. Managua-León, km 23, 12.268424 -86.480057, 50 m, 27 June 1997, sobre Gliricidia sepium, J.-M. Maes & V. Thompson leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (26) 5 exx., Managua, Finca La Chinampa , 12.075308 -86.460169, 230 m, 28–29 September 2001, J.-M. Maes leg.; (27) 17 exx., Masaya, Las Flores, Finca Téllez , 12.003716 -86.020843, 100 m, June 1987, trampa de luz, J.-M. Maes leg. [one, #158 , with: Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020]; (28) 14 exx., #165, idem, June 1993, trampa de luz, Lecocq & Cantamessa leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (29) 4 exx., idem, sobre frijol; (30) 103 exx., #6–#7, #146 and #148–#150, idem, 30 May 1994, trampa de luz, J.-M. Maes & J. Hernández leg., Talurus tortonesi R. Westerduijn det. 2020, Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (31) 1 ex., idem, 5 June 1994, J.-M. Maes, J. Téllez & J. Hernández leg., Talurus tortonesi R. W. Flowers det.; (32) 1 ex., idem, 15 June 1994, J.-M. Maes leg.; (33) 1 ex., idem, 8 July 1994, trampa de luz, J.-M. Maes & J. Hernández leg.; (34) 5 exx., idem, 18 June 1995, J. Hernández leg.; (35) 2 exx., idem, May 2000, M. Téllez leg.; (36) 3 exx., idem, June 2000, B. Téllez leg.; (37) 2 exx., #153, idem, 25 September 2003, S. Téllez leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020; (38) 1 ex., idem, June 2009, S. Téllez leg.; (39) 1 ex., Matagalpa, Matiguas , 12.838320 -85.460764, 300 m, 15 August 1983, en pasto, A. Castillo leg.; (40) 10 exx., #272 and #273 , Nueva Segovia, Santa Clara, San Nicolás , 13.750511 -86.239781, 670 m, 24 Jun 2008, trampa de luz, F. Muñoz leg.; (41) 2 exx., #167 , Rivas, Escuela Internacional de Agricultura y Ganadería , 11.438137 -85.834226, 67 m, 13 August 1971, sobre maíz, L. Saenz leg., Talurus tortonesi W. Flowers det. 2020.

This species of Talurus Lefèvre, 1889b , which was originally described from Corinto, a coastal locality of Chinandega ( Nicaragua), is common and widespread in Nicaragua, although Maes and Staines (1991) missed reporting it in their catalog. While this is not a proper new country record, we take the opportunity to amend the previous catalog with our own records of this species in Nicaragua, including illustrations of habitus ( Fig. 4e ) and genitalia ( Figs. 3f and 5k ). This species is also important for another reason. T. rugosus (Jacoby, 1882) , described from Mexico, has been reported as a pest of different crops across Central America (e.g., Coto et al. 1995), and there has been a trend to automatically refer all Talurus found attacking crops to this species, including in Nicaragua (e.g., Maes and Staines 1991). However, based on our assessment, all the available specimens of Talurus from Nicaragua, which display quite a range of chromatic alternatives, actually belong to T. tortonesei Bechyné , and perhaps other country records also need a reassessment (e.g., Van Roie et al. 2019). Bechyné (1957) detailed the main differences between the two species, where the most remarkable would include the preapical enlargement of protibiae in T. tortonesei , against the straight tibiae of T. rugosus , but also the finer, denser punctation on pronotum and a less transverse pronotum in the case of T. tortonesei .

Figures

Fig. 3 Lateral and dorsal apical views of the penis of Colaspis jalapae (Bechyné) (a), Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre) (b), Antitypona submetallica (Jacoby) (c), Rhabdopterus uncotibialis (Blake) (d), Spintherophyta minuta (Jacoby) (e), Talurus tortonesei Bechyné (f), Typophorus subbrunneus Jacoby (g), Allocolaspis grandicollis (Blake) (h), Nodocolaspis femoralis (Lefèvre) (i), Brachypnoea modesta animatoria (Bechyné) (j), and Caryonoda funebris n. sp. (k). Scale bar=0.2 mm

Fig. 4 Dorsal views of some of the new records of Nicara- guan Eumolpinae in the tribes Eumolpini and Megascelini, including Allocolaspis gran- dicollis (Blake) (a), Nodoco- laspis femoralis (Lefèvre) (b), Colaspis jalapae (Bechyné) (c), Rhabdopterus uncotibialis (Blake) (d), Talurus tortonesei Bechyné (e), and Megascelis spinipes Jacoby (f). Scale bar=1.0 mm

Fig. 5 Spermathecae of Brachypnoea modesta anima- toria (Bechyné) (a), Chrysodi- nopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre) (b), Colaspis jalapae (Bechyné) (c), Megascelis spinipes Jacoby (d), Metachroma panamense Blake (e), Nodocolaspis femoralis (Lefèvre) (f), Paria nigritar- sis Jacoby (g), Rhabdopterus uncotibialis (Blake) (h), Spintherophyta ignita (Lefèvre) (i), S. minuta (Jacoby) (j), Talurus tortonesei Bechyné (k), Typophorus apicicornis Jacoby (l), T. cyanipennis Lefèvre (m), and T. subbrunneus Jacoby (n). Scale bar=0.2 mm