A New Species of Anthonomus Attacking Cotton in Colombia, with a Review of the Taxonomy of Anthonomus vestitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)1

Abstract

Anthonomusbisinuatus, a new species closely resembling A. vestitus Boheman, is described from cultivated cotton in the Cauca Valley of Colombia. Geographic variation of A. vestitus from Peru and Ecuador is discussed and evidence is presented to show the probable existence of 2 distinct forms of this species. The female type of A. vestitus is redescribed. Male genitalia and the metatibiae of both sexes of the 2 species are illustrated.