在墨西哥的前哥伦布时期棉花中发现了棉铃象鼻虫。

Boll weevil found in pre-columbian cotton from Mexico.

出版信息

Science. 1968 Nov 22;162(3856):911-2. doi: 10.1126/science.162.3856.911.

DOI:10.1126/science.162.3856.911

Abstract

A well-preserved, teneral adult female boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Bohemnan (broad sense), was discovered in fragments of a cultivated cotton boll found in Guila Nacquitz Cave, Level A, dated about A.D. 900, near Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico. This find antedates any previously known association of the boll weevil with cultivated cotton by about 900 years and negates the contention that this association began in the 18th century. The specimen is intermediate in form between Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman and the thurberia weevil, Anthonomus grandis thurberiae Pierce.

摘要

在墨西哥瓦哈卡州米特拉附近的吉拉纳奎茨洞 A 层，发现了一个保存完好、柔软的成年雌性棉铃象甲，即广义的Anthonomus grandis Bohemnan，它来自于一个种植棉花的棉铃碎片，其年代约为公元 900 年。这一发现使棉铃象甲与种植棉花的联系提前了约 900 年，否定了这种联系始于 18 世纪的说法。该标本在形态上介于Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman 和thurberia 象甲Anthonomus grandis thurberiae Pierce 之间。