Megacerus
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus: Bruchini
Subtribus: Megacerina
Genus: Megacerus
Subgenera:
M. (Megacerus) –
M. (Pachybruchus) –
M. (Serratibruchus)
Species:
M. acerbus –
M. alabani –
M. albomaculatus –
M. araguato –
M. baeri –
M. bifloccosus –
M. bilineatus –
M. bipustulatus –
M. callirhipis –
M. capreolus –
M. catenulatus –
M. centralis –
M. cephalotes –
M. codonophagus –
M. columbinus –
M. contaminatus –
M. coryphae –
M. cubiciformis –
M. cubiculus –
M. cubicus –
M. curapaonis –
M. deceptor –
M. discoidus –
M. elongatus –
M. eulophus –
M. euryglossus –
M. ferrugineosignatus –
M. ferruginosus –
M. flabelliger –
M. gilvovittatus –
M. impiger –
M. incistithorax –
M. insulatus –
M. leucospilus –
M. leucurus –
M. lherminieri –
M. lunulatus –
M. luteolineatus –
M. maculiventris –
M. marginaticollis –
M. melaleucus –
M. minusculus –
M. minutus –
M. pescaprae –
M. porosus –
M. pubescens –
M. ramicornis –
M. reticulatus –
M. ricaensis –
M. ripiphorus –
M. schaefferianus –
M. similibus –
M. tapianus –
M. tessarespilus –
M. testaceipennis –
M. westcotti
Name
editMegacerus Fåhraeus in Schönherr, 1839: 34 (as synonym of Bruchus)
- Note: name validated under article 11.6.1 by Bridwell (1929)
Type species: Bruchus pescaprae Fåhraeus, 1839, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Bridwell, J.C. 1929. Description of a bruchid immigrant into Hawaii breeding in the seeds of Convulvulaceae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 31(6): 112–114. BHL.
- Schönherr, C.J. 1839. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, O.J. Fahraeus et entomologis aliis illustratae. Roret, Parisii / Fred. Fleischer, Lipsia. 5 (1) : 1–456 BHL. Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Anton, K.-W. 2024. Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 176–206. In: Bezděk, J. & Sekerka, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6/2/1. Updated and Revised Second Edition. Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 1. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-44330-3 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004443303_003 . 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 60 spp.]
- Romero Nápoles, J. 2018. A New Species of the Seed Beetle Genus Megacerus Fåhraeus, 1839 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Redescription of Megacerus centralis (Pic), with a Key to the Mexican Species and New Host and Distribution Records. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3): 531–540. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.531 . Plazi. Reference page.
- Terán, A.L. & Johnson, C.D. 2002. Dos especies nuevas y datos adicionales acerca del género Megacerus Fåhraeus, 1839 (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 46(1): 51–65. PDF. Reference page.
- Terán, A.L. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1977. Revisión del género Megacerus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Opera Lilloana 25: 1–287. Reference page. [not seen]
- Terán, A.L. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1992. Algunas novedades en el genero Megacerus (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 42(1): 19–27. Reference page. [not seen]
- Udayagiri, S. & Wadhi, S.R. 1989. Catalog of Bruchidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 45: 1–301. Internet Archive . Reference page.