Acromis sparsa (Boheman, 1854)
Selenis sparsa Boheman, 1854: 100 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 86, 1862: 221; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3642; Champion, 1893: 159; Spaeth, 1914 g: 52, 1941 a: 1061, 1942 b: 27; Klausnitzer, 1981: 161 (colour photo).
Acromis sparsa:
Blackwelder, 1946: 743; Wilcox,
1975: 151; Windsor,
1987: 127-150
(biology); Maes and Staines, 1991: 40; Windsor
et al., 1992: 389; Borowiec, 1996 a: 121, 1999 d:
83, 2002 a: 45,
2009 f: 617; Haitlinger, 1999 a: 40 (associated acari); Chaboo, 2001: 84 (incl. fig.); Cuignet,
2008: 364, 366
(parasitoids); Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 428; Simões et al., 2021: 205.
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Merremia umbellata (Windsor, 1987; Windsor et al., 1992).
Distr.: Mexico et Nova Granada; Bolivia. Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; S Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Venezuela.
figure: habitus in colour (two males)
figure: habitus in colour (female)
figure: maternal care
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