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184. ; Lukefahr. M. J.; Fryxell, P. A.; and Burke, H. R. 1975. Host plants 

 of the boll weevil. Environ. Entomol. 4: 19-26. 



Principal plant hosts of Anthonomus grand is Boheman are in 4 closely related 

 genera of the Malvaceae: Gossypium , Cienfuegosia , Thespesia , and Hampea . 

 After Gossypium , the most important host in the United States is Cienfaegosia 

 drummondii (Gray) Lewt. In Southern Texas. However, the complexity of hosts 

 increases in tropical areas. Plant species first reported herein as hosts of 

 the boll weevil are: Gossypium harknessii Brandg., G^. lobatum Gentry, £. laxum 

 Phill. , Cienfuegosia rosei Fryx. , Hampea rovirosae Standle. , and Pseudabutilon 

 lozani (Rose) R. E. Fries. 



185. , and McGovern, W. L. 1969. New parasites, Zatopis perdubius and 

 Megaselia aletiae , of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis . Ann. Entomol. 

 Soc. Am. 62: 674. 



Recent sunnnaries of the literature and surveys for parasites of the boll weevil, 

 Anthonomus grandis Boheman, disclosed that 42 species of arthropods parasitize 

 the boll weevil. These studies added much information about the range and re- 

 lative importance of several species of boll weevil parasites, but only 2 

 species were found for the 1st time as parasites of the boll weevil. 



186. ; McGovern, W. L.; and Cross, E. A. 1975. Insect hosts of the 



parasitic mites called Pyemotes ventricosus (Newport) . J. Ga. Entomol. 



Soc. 10: 1-8. 

 A survey of th'" bibliography of mites called Pyemotes ventricosus (Newport) 

 [often called the straw itch mite] revealed 133 recorded insect hosts and 

 six more are reported here for the first time. Damage to immature stages 

 and teneral or soft-bodied adult insects of many species may be light or 

 may be severe enough to eliminate segments of host populations completely. 



