Megacerus

TaxID: 2595564

Basic Information

Megacerus

Large-horned Bruchids

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

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Megacerus

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Justin Williams@BY
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(c) Justin Williams@BY

Morphological Features

Head short and broad, densely micropunctulate, frons with impunctate median carina; distance between base of eyes 0.27× as wide as eye width; ocular sinus about 0.71× width of eye; posterior margin of eye protruding from adjacent surfaces. Pronotum subconical, without lateral carina; disc convex, densely foveolate, basal lobe with mesal impunctate sulcus. Elytra and pronotum with less dense pubescence; body with dense white pubescence elsewhere. Pygidium with median glabrous longitudinal line connected with a median glabrous transverse line forming a “T”. Abdomen more or less telescoped, 5th sternite deeply emarginated. Lateral lobes of male genitalia fused, wider than apex of median lobe, with apical setae and median flap in ventral view.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
India Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (8 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
BCISP354-11 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2011-08-02 9.155, -79.842
BCISP353-11 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2011-08-16 9.155, -79.842
BCISP352-11 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2010-07-13 9.155, -79.842
BCISP351-11 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2011-08-16 9.155, -79.842
BCISP2000-15 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2012-05-28 9.155, -79.842
BCISP1900-15 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2012-05-28 9.155, -79.842
BCISP1402-13 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2013-06-04 9.155, -79.842
BCISP1050-13 BOLD:ABV3601 COI-5P 658 Panama 2010-08-17 9.155, -79.842

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