Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall

The first Florida specimens of an exotic species of Myllocerus were collected in Davie, Broward County on 25 September 2000 by D. McLean. Three specimens were sent to the Division of Plant Industry (DPI) and were then forwarded to the senior author (C.W. O’Brien) for identifi cation. Two days later they were identifi ed as Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Faust, a species native to southern India; and shortly thereafter, as Myllocerus undatus Marshall from Sri Lanka. There are 336 species recognized as valid in this genus, from Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Asia (including China and Japan), the Palearctic, Indonesia and Australia. None was known from the New World prior to the introduction of the present potentially important species, except for Oedophrys hilleri (Faust), introduced into the eastern U.S., and incorrectly assigned to the genus Myllocerus. There are 73 species recognized as valid for the Indian subcontinent and the excellent revision of the species by Ramamurthy and Ghai (1988), and the superb study by Marshall (1916) in the Fauna of British India series, were used to identify our introduced species. The subspecies of M. undecimpustulatus (e.g. Figs. 1-4) are among the most serious pest species of weevils in India and Pakistan, where they attack more than 20 crops. The nominate subspecies and M. u. maculosus Desbrochers des Loges are major pests of cotton in India and Pakistan.