First Records In The United States And South America Of The African Oil Palm Weevils, Elaeidobius Subvittatus (Faust) And E. Kamerunicus (Faust)

A series of weevils was collected in Miami, Florida, 5-XI-85, on male flowers of African oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacquin) by G. Gwin. Identified by the senior author as Elaeidobius subvittatus (Faust), it constitutes the first U.S. record. Another series of weevils from the same host, collected in Ecuador in December 1985 by M. H. Evans, was tentatively identified by the junior author and subsequently verified by the senior author as Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Faust), constituting the first published record for the Western Hemisphere