Amblycerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus: Amblycerini
Subtribus: Amblycerina
Genus: Amblycerus
Species (118): A. acapulcensis – A. alternatus – A. amazonicus – A. anosignatus – A. atkinsoni – A. atrogaster – A. atypicus – A. baracoensis – A. barcenae – A. bicolor – A. bidentatus – A. biolleyi – A. canescens – A. cerdanicola – A. championi – A. chapadicola – A. chiapas – A. cistelinus – A. crassipunctatus – A. cuernavacensis – A. danunciae – A. decoris – A. denticulatus – A. dispar – A. dytiscinus – A. espilon – A. eustrophoides – A. evangelinae – A. flavidus – A. galapagoensis – A. geminatus – A. germaini – A. goianiensis – A. gounellei – A. guazumicola – A. guerrerensis – A. hespenheidei – A. hoffmanseggi – A. imperfectus – A. insuturatus – A. ireriae – A. isabelae – A. ischiodontus – A. isocalcaratus – A. jatayensis – A. kingsolveri – A. longesuturalis – A. luciae – A. luteolineatus – A. luteonotatus – A. maculicollis – A. manauara – A. mariae – A. marinonii – A. marmoratus – A. medialis – A. megalobus – A. mourei – A. multiflocculus – A. multimaculatus – A. nigromarginatus – A. nigronotatus – A. obscurus – A. paulonotatus – A. perfectus – A. pictus – A. piurae – A. pollens – A. profaupar – A. pterocarpae – A. pusillus – A. pygidialis – A. reticulatus – A. robiniae – A. schwarzi – A. sclerolobii – A. serieguttatus – A. similaris – A. similis – A. simulator – A. sosia – A. sparsenotatus – A. spectabilis – A. spiniger – A. spondiae – A. stridulator – A. submaculatus – A. taeniatus – A. taeniopygus – A. teutoniensis – A. trisignatus – A. unimaculatus – A. veracruz – A. virens – A. virescens – A. viridans – A. viridis – A. vitis
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Name

Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815: 109

Type species: Bruchus robiniae Fabricius, 1781, subsequent designation by Bridwell in Pierce, 1930: 29.

References

Primary references

Pierce, W.D. 1930. Studies of the North American weevils belonging to the superfamily Platystomoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 77 (No. 2840): 1–34, pls. 1–5. BHL.
Thunberg, C.P. 1815. De Coleopteris rostratis commentatio. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7: 104–125. BHL.

Additional references

Kingsolver, J.M. & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1998 (1997). Taxonomic notes on Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Insecta Mundi 11(3–4): 325–330. PDF. Reference page.
Kingsolver, J.M., Romero N., J. & Johnson, C.D. 1993. Files and scrapers: circumstantial evidence for stridulation in three species of Amblycerus, one new (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69(2): 122–132. BHL. Reference page.
Morse, G. 2014. 2.7.1. Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 189–198 in: Leschen et al., 2014. Full chapter 2.7 (with link to PDF) Reference page. [Source for there being 118 spp.]
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1992. Gênero Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Grupo hoffmanseggi; II. Redescrições, chave e dados biológicos das espécies. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 36(1): 149–175. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1992. Two new species of Amblycerus Thunberg from Brazil (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 9(1–2): 5–9. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751992000100003 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1997. Descrições de oito novas espécies de Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). [Descriptions of eight new species of Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 14(3): 629–648. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751997000300013 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1999. Descrições de duas espécies novas de Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). [Descriptions of two new species of Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 16(suppl 1): 233–238. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000500015 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1999. Sete novas espécies de bruquídeos do gênero Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). [Seven new species of bruchids of the genus Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 16(3): 789–806. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000300016 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 1999. Description of two new species of Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) with a probable stridulatory mechanism. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 101(2): 337–346. BHL. Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2000. Descrições de sete novas espécies brasileiras de Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). [Descriptions of seven new Brazilian species of Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 17(2): 323–338. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752000000200003 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1992. A new species of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and a lectotype designation. Insecta Mundi 6(3): 183–187. PDF. Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1993. Amblycerus teutoniensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), a new species of seed beetle. Entomological News 104(4): 161–164. BHL. Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Manfio, D. & Morse, G. 2018. Catalog for the Brazilian Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) with taxonomic notes, host plants associations and distributional records. Zootaxa 4388(4): 499–525. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.3 . Reference page.
Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Vieira, M.K., Manfio, D. & Kergoat, G.J. 2014. A remarkable new species group of green seed beetles from genus Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), with description of a new Brazilian species. ZooKeys 401: 31-44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.401.6232 . Reference page.
Romero, J., Johnson, C.D. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1996. Revision of the genus Amblycerus of the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) No. 1845. 166pp. PDF. Reference page.
Santos, A.T.dos & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2019. Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records. Zootaxa 4701(2): 101–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1 . Reference page.