General habitus of S. acupunctatus: (A) lateral view of the body, (B) lateral view of the head showing retracted tip of antennal club (Photos P. Naves). Aspecto general de S. acupunctatus: (A) vista lateral completa, (B) vista en detalle de la cabeza mostrando el artejo terminal de la maza antennal (Fotos P. Naves).

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... and adults were found on roots, in lower leaves, and in the apical meristem of the rosette of wilting plants, which were rotting and suffering from fungal infections. The adults were black, with a body length between 10-15 mm ( Fig. 2A) and the characteristic spongy apex of the antennal club retracted, concave, and not visible in lateral view (Fig. 2B), confirming its identity as S. acupunctatus (VAURIE, 1971;CHAMORRO et al., 2016). The species is not mentioned for Portugal in the catalogue of ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et al. (2017) and in the EPPO (2021) database, although ...

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... and adults were found on roots, in lower leaves, and in the apical meristem of the rosette of wilting plants, which were rotting and suffering from fungal infections. The adults were black, with a body length between 10-15 mm ( Fig. 2A) and the characteristic spongy apex of the antennal club retracted, concave, and not visible in lateral view (Fig. 2B), confirming its identity as S. acupunctatus (VAURIE, 1971;CHAMORRO et al., 2016). The species is not mentioned for Portugal in the catalogue of ALONSO-ZARAZAGA et al. (2017) and in the EPPO (2021) database, although CABI (2021) reports it for Portugal but without giving details on location, hosts or bibliographic references. The agave ...