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Megacerus Fahraeus, 1839

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Chrysomelidae
genus
Megacerus

Name

Synonyms
Pachybruchus Pic, 1912
Serratibruchus Teran & Kingsolver, 1977
Homonyms
Megacerus Bridwell, 1929
Megacerus Montrouzier, 1855
Megacerus Burmeister, 1847
Megacerus Fahraeus, 1839
Common names
Large-horned Bruchids in English
Large-horned Bruchids in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Borowiec, L. (1987) The genera of the seed-beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57, 3–207. http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/Genrea%20of%20seed-beetles.pdf
  2. Bradley, J.C. (1946) Contributions to our knowledge of the Mylabridae, seu Bruchidae (Coleoptera) with especial reference to the fauna of Northeastern America. Psyche 53, 33–42. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50930865
  3. Fåhraeus, O. (1839) Genera et species Curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familae species novæ. Parisiis, Roret, 1833-45. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4110150
  4. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  5. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  6. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  7. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  8. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  9. Kingsolver, J.M. (2004) Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada.Volume I. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research, 340 pp. https://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/Bruchidae/BruchidaeVol1.pdf
  10. Kingsolver, John M., 2004: Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada (Insecta, Coleoptera), vol. 1. USDA Technical Bulletin, no. 1912. xi + 324.
  11. Reyes, E., Canto, A. & Rodríguez, R. (2009) Megacerus species (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and their host plants in Yucatán. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80, 875–878. https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532009000300031
  12. 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. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.531 https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.531
  13. Terán, A. & Kingsolver, J.M. (1977) Revision of the genus Megacerus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Opera Lilloana 25: 1-287.
  14. Terán, A. & Kingsolver, J.M. (1992) Algunas novedades del género Megacerus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 42(1): 19-27.
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