Modified stereoscopic microscope stage to select by sex adults of the coffee bean weevil, Araecerus fasciculatus (Deg.) (Coleopteran: Anthribidae)

A modified microscope stage was developed to facilitate the selection by sex of coffee bean weevil Araecerus fasciculatus (Deg.) adults, which where easily pushed with a small brush into glass vials closed with glass funnels. With this apparatus was possible to manipulate a large number of adults, and select by sex other insect species (Coleoptera) pests of stored grains.

Insecta; stored grain pests