New host records for Buprestidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from oak forests in Oaxaca, Mexico

ABSTRACT

New records of host plants are reported for three species of the genus Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 (Buprestidae) and four species respectively belonging to the genera Euderces LeConte, 1850, Ancylocera Audinet-Serville, 1834, Elytroleptus Dugés, 1879 and Sphaenothecus Dupont, 1838 (Cerambycidae).

KEYWORDS:

• Quercus
• saproxylophagous

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank the authorities and residents of San Andrés Huayápam and San Pablo Etla for the support provided during the fieldwork. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments, which helped to improve the manuscript significantly. We also thank the IDEA WILD Foundation for the equipment donated for the laboratory work.

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