Parizotto D R, Grossi P C
Depto. de Agronomia, Univ. Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, 52171-900, Brasil.
Neotrop Entomol. 2019 Jun;48(3):415-421. doi: 10.1007/s13744-018-0647-y. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
The soursop (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae) is an important fruit crop in several countries of South America, including Brazil, and the presence of the scarab beetles in this orchads can reduce pollination deficits and increase the productivity. For this reason, we report Cyclocephala celata Dechambre, 1980 as a flower visitor and potential pollinator of the soursop. Additionally, this work presents an updated list of Cyclocephala species found on A. muricata, corrects some misidentifications, and provides comments and an identification key for all taxa cited as floral visitors of this crop.
刺果番荔枝（番荔枝科番荔枝属的番荔枝，学名Annona muricata L.）是包括巴西在内的几个南美洲国家的重要水果作物，而这种果园中蜣螂的存在可以减少授粉不足并提高产量。因此，我们报道1980年发现的切氏环角蜣螂（Cyclocephala celata Dechambre）是刺果番荔枝的访花者和潜在传粉者。此外，这项工作列出了在番荔枝上发现的环角蜣螂属物种的最新清单，纠正了一些错误鉴定，并为所有被引述为该作物访花者的分类群提供了注释和鉴定检索表。
