Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in <i>Acanthoscelides obvelatus</i> Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Six microsatellite loci were isolated from the bruchid <i>Acanthoscelides obtectus</i> Say (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Each locus was polymorphic, with the number of alleles ranging from 3 to 18. We found high levels of within-population variation at most loci, with heterozygosities ranging from 0 to 0.75. Cross-species amplification of these loci was tested in two other species of the genus Acanthoscelides, <i>A. obvelatus</i> Bridwell and <i>A. argillaceus</i> Sharp.