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Megacerus is a genus of large-horned bruchines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 9 described species in Megacerus in North America. thumb|Megacerus cubiculus

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyChrysomelidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,585
Family
Chrysomelidae
Collections
MHNCA, UD, DMNS, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ARTHROPOD COLLECTION, MPEG, USNM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon name
Megacerus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Megacerus
taxon common name
Large-horned Bruchids
Commons category
Megacerus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • North American Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Megacerus is a genus of large-horned bruchines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 9 described species in Megacerus in North America. thumb|Megacerus cubiculus

==North American Species== Megacerus coryphae (Olivier, 1795) Megacerus cubiculus (Casey, 1884) Megacerus cubicus (Motschulsky, 1874) Megacerus discoidus (Say, 1824) Megacerus impiger (Horn, 1873) Megacerus leucospilus (Sharp, 1885) Megacerus maculiventris (Fahraeus, 1839) Megacerus ripiphorus (Fahraeus, 1839) Megacerus schaefferianus Bridwell, 1929

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