Megacerus (Pachybruchus) leucospilus (Sharp, 1885)

Nápoles, Jesús Romero, 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), pp. 531-540 : 539

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.531
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466510
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scientific name	Megacerus (Pachybruchus) leucospilus (Sharp, 1885)
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Distribution. Old records: Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA. New records: French Guiana: ca. 10 km E Cayenne, 6/VI/2005, J. E. Eger & M. T. Messenger (3 ex FSCA).

New Host Plants. Mexico, Intercepted at Brownsville, Texas, lot 47-16867, 28/II/1947, Shiller, reared seed Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin (2 ex CEAM, 4 ex USNM) .

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CEAM	Centro de Entomologica y Acarologia
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Megacerus

Megacerus (Pachybruchus) leucospilus (Sharp, 1885)

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