Megacerus (Megacerus) tricolor (Suffrian, 1870)

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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:99EE10B8-A088-4132-90FE-1F6008F3F250
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466506
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE29F333-FFFA-FF9D-FF70-7EDDFEEDFD97
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scientific name	Megacerus (Megacerus) tricolor (Suffrian, 1870)
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Distribution. Old records: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela. New records: Bolivia: Santa Cruz, Potrerillos del Guendá, 40 km NW Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 20/ XI/2004, B. K. Dozier, 63°27.44’ W, 17°40.26’ S (2 ex FSCA). Ecuador: 20 km N Guayaquil, 23/I/1982, Manley G.V. (1 ex FSCA); Guayas, 40 km SW Guayaquil, 6/III/1982, G. V. Manley (1 ex FSCA).

New Host Plants. MEXICO, Intercepted at New York, lot 46-2201 and 46-2472, 20/XI/1945, reared seed Exogonium bracteatum (Cav.) Choisy (11 ex USNM) .