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Large Horned Bruchids

Megacerus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Megacerus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Megacerus
Genus recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Chile Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Guatemala Species List, Panama Species List, Venezuela Species List, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, NCBI, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Megacerus Fahraeus 1839
Genus recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage
Megacerus Fåhraeus 1839
Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Alternative Names

Bruchus impiger Horn 1873
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Bruchus Linnaeus, 1767)
Megacerus westcotti Romero Nápoles 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megacerus
Harvest ancestor according to NMNH type specimens, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Simpson et al 2020, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

Large-horned Bruchids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Megacerus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Chrysomelidae
Megacerus (this page)
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 schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Abutiloneus
Acmenychus
Acrocyum
Acromis
Agoniella
Algarobius
Althaeus
Amblispa
Amphelasma
Androlyperus
Aporocassida
Argopistes
Asphaera
Aulostyrax
Basipta
Bassareus
Brontispa
Bulolispa
Cadiz
Callanispa
Calliaspis
Callohispa
Carinispa
Caryedes
Ceratispa
Cerotoma
Chalepus
Cnetispa
Coptocycla
Crioceris
Cryptocephalus
Cryptonychus
Ctenophilaspis
Cubispa
Cyclosoma
Cyrtonota
Dactylispa
Dibolia
Diorhabda
Disonycha
Drepanocassis
Epistictina
Eumolpus
Glenidion
Glyptoscelis
Hemisphaerota
Heptatomispa
Heptispa
Heterrhachispa
Hippuriphila
Hispodonta
Javeta
Jonthonota
Labidomera
Lithraeus
Lorentzocassis
Lygistus
Lysathia
Macromonycha
Malacorhinus
Merobruchus
Mesomphalia
Micrispa
Microctenochira
Miraces
Myochrous
Nabathaea
Neocrepidodera
Neohaemonia
Omaspides
Ovotispa
Oxycephala
Pachyonychis
Pentispa
Phyllobrotica
Poecilaspidella
Poecilocera
Prasocuris
Promecotheca
Pseudoctenochira
Pseudorthygia
Rhabdotohispa
Sagra
Squamispa
Stenopodius
Sternocthispa
Sternostena
Stethispa
Stilpnaspis
Stolas
Tegocassis
Terpsis
Thlaspida
Thoracispa
Tricholochmaea
Unguispa
Xanthonia
Xiphispa
Zabrotes
Zeugonota
433 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomeloidea
Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802
Bruchinae Latreille 1802
Megacerus Fahraeus 1839 (this page)
Abutiloneus Bridwell 1946
Acanthoscelides Schilsky 1905
Algarobius Bridwell 1946
Althaeus Bridwell 1946
Amblycerus Thunberg 1815
Borowiecius Anton 1994
Bruchidius Schilsky 1905
Bruchus Linnaeus 1767
Callosobruchus Pic 1902
Caryedes Hummel 1827
Caryedon Schoenherr 1823
Caryobruchus Bridwell 1929
Gibbobruchus Pic 1913
Kitorhinus Fischer von Waldheim 1809
Lithraeus Bridwell 1952
Meibomeus Bridwell 1946
Merobruchus Bridwell 1946
Mimosestes Bridwell 1946
Neltumius Bridwell 1946
Sennius Bridwell 1946
Stator Bridwell 1946
Stylantheus Bridwell 1946
Zabrotes Horn 1885

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Megacerus (this page)
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 schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Abutiloneus
Acmenychus
Acrocyum
Acromis
Agoniella
Algarobius
Althaeus
Amblispa
Amphelasma
Androlyperus
Aporocassida
Argopistes
Asphaera
Aulostyrax
Basipta
Bassareus
Brontispa
Bulolispa
Cadiz
Callanispa
Calliaspis
Callohispa
Carinispa
Caryedes
Ceratispa
Cerotoma
Chalepus
Cnetispa
Coptocycla
Crioceris
Cryptocephalus
Cryptonychus
Ctenophilaspis
Cubispa
Cyclosoma
Cyrtonota
Dactylispa
Dibolia
Diorhabda
Disonycha
Drepanocassis
Epistictina
Eumolpus
Glenidion
Glyptoscelis
Hemisphaerota
Heptatomispa
Heptispa
Heterrhachispa
Hippuriphila
Hispodonta
Javeta
Jonthonota
Labidomera
Lithraeus
Lorentzocassis
Lygistus
Lysathia
Macromonycha
Malacorhinus
Merobruchus
Mesomphalia
Micrispa
Microctenochira
Miraces
Myochrous
Nabathaea
Neocrepidodera
Neohaemonia
Omaspides
Ovotispa
Oxycephala
Pachyonychis
Pentispa
Phyllobrotica
Poecilaspidella
Poecilocera
Prasocuris
Promecotheca
Pseudoctenochira
Pseudorthygia
Rhabdotohispa
Sagra
Squamispa
Stenopodius
Sternocthispa
Sternostena
Stethispa
Stilpnaspis
Stolas
Tegocassis
Terpsis
Thlaspida
Thoracispa
Tricholochmaea
Unguispa
Xanthonia
Xiphispa
Zabrotes
Zeugonota
433 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Chrysomelidae
Megacerus (this page)
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 schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Abutiloneus
Acassidites
Acmenychus
Acrocyum
Acromis
Althaeus
Amblispa
Amphelasma
Androlyperus
Aporocassida
Apteropeda
Archelamprosomius
Argopistes
Asphaera
Aulostyrax
Basipta
Bassareus
Brontispa
Bulolispa
Cadiz
Callanispa
Calliaspis
Callohispa
Carinispa
Caryedes
Ceratispa
Cerotoma
Chalepus
Cnetispa
Coelocassida
Coptocycla
Crioceris
Cryptocephalus
Cryptonychus
Ctenophilaspis
Cubispa
Cyrtonota
Dactylispa
Dibolia
Diorhabda
Disonycha
Drepanocassis
Eochrysomela
Eodonacia
Eosacantha
Epistictina
Eumolpites
Glenidion
Glyptoscelis
Halocoleus
Hemisphaericosites
Hemisphaerota
Heptatomispa
Heptispa
Heterrhachispa
Hippuriphila
Hispodonta
Javeta
Jonthonota
Labidomera
Lithraeus
Lygistus
Lysathia
Macromonycha
Malacorhinus
Meseumolpites
Mesomphalia
Micrispa
Microctenochira
Miraces
Myochrous
Nabathaea
Neocrepidodera
Neohaemonia
Omaspides
Ovotispa
Pachyonychis
Phyllobrotica
Poecilaspidella
Prasocuris
Pseudoctenochira
Pseudorthygia
Rhabdotohispa
Squamispa
Stenaspidiotus
Stenopodius
Sternocthispa
Sternostena
Stethispa
Stilpnaspis
Stolas
Succinoomorphus
Tegocassis
Terpsis
Thlaspida
Thoracispa
Tricholochmaea
Xanthonia
Xiphispa
Zeugonota
500 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Megacerus (this page)
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 schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Abutiloneus
Acmenychus
Acrocyum
Acromis
Agoniella
Algarobius
Althaeus
Amblispa
Amphelasma
Androlyperus
Aporocassida
Argopistes
Asphaera
Aulostyrax
Basipta
Bassareus
Brontispa
Bulolispa
Cadiz
Callanispa
Calliaspis
Callohispa
Carinispa
Caryedes
Ceratispa
Cerotoma
Chalepus
Cnetispa
Coptocycla
Crioceris
Cryptocephalus
Cryptonychus
Ctenophilaspis
Cubispa
Cyclosoma
Cyrtonota
Dactylispa
Dibolia
Diorhabda
Disonycha
Drepanocassis
Epistictina
Eumolpus
Glenidion
Glyptoscelis
Hemisphaerota
Heptatomispa
Heptispa
Heterrhachispa
Hippuriphila
Hispodonta
Javeta
Jonthonota
Labidomera
Lithraeus
Lorentzocassis
Lygistus
Lysathia
Macromonycha
Malacorhinus
Merobruchus
Mesomphalia
Micrispa
Microctenochira
Miraces
Myochrous
Nabathaea
Neocrepidodera
Neohaemonia
Omaspides
Ovotispa
Oxycephala
Pachyonychis
Pentispa
Phyllobrotica
Poecilaspidella
Poecilocera
Prasocuris
Promecotheca
Pseudoctenochira
Pseudorthygia
Rhabdotohispa
Sagra
Squamispa
Stenopodius
Sternocthispa
Sternostena
Stethispa
Stilpnaspis
Stolas
Tegocassis
Terpsis
Thlaspida
Thoracispa
Tricholochmaea
Unguispa
Xanthonia
Xiphispa
Zabrotes
Zeugonota
433 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Megacerus Fåhraeus 1839 (this page)
Megacerus acerbus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus alabani Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus albomaculatus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus alternatus Bridwell
Megacerus araguato Teran & Johnson
Megacerus codonophagus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus columbinus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus coryphae (Olivier 1795)
Megacerus cubiculus (Casey 1884)
Megacerus cubicus (Motschulsky 1874)
Megacerus discoidus (Say 1824)
Megacerus elongatus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus ferrugineosignatus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus gilvovittatus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus impiger (Horn 1873)
Megacerus insulatus Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus leucospilus (Sharp 1885)
Megacerus lherminieri (Fahraeus 1839)
Megacerus lunulatus (Pic 1913)
Megacerus luteolineatus (Pic 1913)
Megacerus maculiventris (Fahraeus 1839)
Megacerus pubescens Teran & Kingsolver
Megacerus reticulatus (Sharp 1885)
Megacerus ripiphorus (Fahraeus 1839)
Megacerus schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Megacerus similibus Teran & Johnson
Abutiloneus Bridwell 1946
Acalymma Barber 1947
Acanthoscelides Schilsky 1905
Agasicles Jacoby 1905
Agelastica Chevrolat 1837
Agroiconota Spaeth 1913
Algarobius Bridwell 1946
Altica Geoffroy 1762
Amphelasma Barber 1947
Androlyperus Crotch 1873
Anisostena Weise 1910
Anomoea Agassiz 1846
Argopistes Motschulsky 1860
Babia Chevrolat 1836
Baliosus Weise 1905
Blepharida Chevrolat 1836
Borowiecius Anton 1994
Brachyopnoea
Bruchidius Schilsky 1905
Callosobruchus Pic 1902
Caryedon Schönherr 1826
Caryobruchus Bridwell 1929
Cassida Linnaeus 1758
Chaetocnema Stephens 1831
Chalepus Thunberg 1805
Charidotella Weise 1896
Chrysolina Motschulsky 1860
Colaspidea Laporte 1833
Colaspis Fabricius 1801
Coscinoptera Lacordaire 1848
Cyclotrypema Blake 1966
Derospidea Blake 1931
Diachus Le Conte 1880
Dibolia Latreille 1829
Diorhabda Weise 1883
Disonycha Chevrolat 1836
Entomoscelis Chevrolat 1836
Epitrix Foudras 1860
Eusattodera Schaeffer 1906
Exema Lacordaire 1848
Fidia Baly 1863
Galerucella Crotch 1873
Glenidion Clark 1860
Graphops Le Conte 1884
Gratiana Spaeth 1913
Griburius Haldeman 1849
Hemiphrynus Horn 1889
Hippuriphila Foudras 1860
Keitheatus Wilcox 1965
Labidomera Chevrolat 1836
Lithraeus Bridwell 1952
Luperosoma Jacoby 1891
Luprea Jacoby 1885
Lygistus Wilcox 1965
Lysathia Bechyné 1957
Marocoma
Megalostomis Chevrolat 1836
Meibomeus Bridwell 1946
Merobruchus Bridwell 1946
Metrionella Spaeth 1932
Microrhopala Chevrolat 1836
Miraces Jacoby 1888
Monocesta H. Clark 1865
Myrmeconycha Konstantinov & Tishechkin 2017
Neltumius Bridwell 1946
Neobrotica Jacoby 1887
Neochlamisus Karren 1972
Neocrepidodera Heikertinger 1911
Neogalerucella Chéjô 1962
Neolema Monr Ñs 1951
Oomorphus Curtis 1831
Orthaltica Crotch 1873
Oulema Gozis 1886
Pachyonychus F. E. Melsheimer 1847
Pagria Lefèvre 1884
Phydanis Horn 1889
Phyllecthris Dejean 1836
Physonota Boheman 1854
Prasocuris Latreille 1802
Primulavorus Konstantinov & Ruan 2017
Pseudochlamys Lacordaire 1848
Pseudolampis Horn 1889
Pseudoluperus Beller & Hatch 1932
Pteleon Jacoby 1888
Rhabdopterus Lefèvre 1885
Sagra Fabricius 1793
Scelida Chapuis 1875
Scelolyperus Crotch 1874
Sennius Bridwell 1946
Spintherophyta Dejean 1836
Stenispa Baly 1858
Strabala Chevrolat 1836
Stylantheus Bridwell 1946
Synetocephalus Fall 1910
Trachyscelida Horn 1893
Triarius Jacoby 1887
Trirhabda Le Conte 1865
Tymnes Chapuis 1874
Xanthogaleruca Laboissière 1934
Yingaresca J. Bechyné 1956
1369 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Coleoptera Linnaeus 1758
Polyphaga Emery 1886
Cucujiformia Lameere 1938
Chrysomeloidea Latreille 1802
Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802
Bruchinae Latreille 1802
Megacerus Fahraeus 1839 (this page)
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 schaeffferianus Bridwell 1929
Abutiloneus Bridwell 1946
Acanthoscelides Schilsky 1905
Algarobius Bridwell 1946
Althaeus Bridwell 1946
Amblycerus Thunberg 1815
Borowiecius Anton 1994
Bruchidius Schilsky 1905
Bruchus Linnaeus 1767
Callosobruchus Pic 1902
Caryedes Hummel 1827
Caryedon Schoenherr 1823
Caryobruchus Bridwell 1929
Gibbobruchus Pic 1913
Kitorhinus Fischer von Waldheim 1809
Lithraeus Bridwell 1952
Meibomeus Bridwell 1946
Merobruchus Bridwell 1946
Mimosestes Bridwell 1946
Neltumius Bridwell 1946
Sennius Bridwell 1946
Stator Bridwell 1946
Stylantheus Bridwell 1946
Zabrotes Horn 1885

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Chrysomelidae
Bruchinae
Bruchini
Megacerus (this page)
Megacerus lunulatus
Acanthoscelides
Bruchidius
Bruchus
Callosobruchus
Conicobruchus
Ctenocolum
Decellebruchus
Gibbobruchus
Kingsolverius
Megabruchidius
Merobruchus
Mimosestes
Paleoacanthoscelides
Pseudopachymerina
Pygobruchidius
Sennius
Stator
Tuberculobruchus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Chrysomelidae
Bruchinae
Megacerus (this page)
Megacerus acerbus
Megacerus alabani
Megacerus albomaculatus
Megacerus araguato
Megacerus baeri
Megacerus bifloccosus
Megacerus bilineatus
Megacerus bipustulatus
Megacerus callirhipis
Megacerus capreolus
Megacerus catenulatus
Megacerus centralis
Megacerus cephalotes
Megacerus codonophagus
Megacerus columbinus
Megacerus contaminatus
Megacerus coryphae
Megacerus cubiciformis
Megacerus cubiculus
Megacerus cubicus
Megacerus curupaonis
Megacerus deceptor
Megacerus discoidus
Megacerus elongatus
Megacerus eulophus
Megacerus euryglossus
Megacerus exilis
Megacerus ferrugineosignatus
Megacerus ferruginosus
Megacerus flabelliger
Megacerus gilvovittatus
Megacerus impiger
Megacerus incisithorax
Megacerus insulatus
Megacerus leucospilus
Megacerus leucurus
Megacerus lherminieri
Megacerus lunulatus
Megacerus luteolineatus
Megacerus maculiventris
Megacerus marginaticollis
Megacerus melaleucus
Megacerus minusculus
Megacerus pescaprae
Megacerus porosus
Megacerus pubescens
Megacerus ramicornis
Megacerus reticulatus
Megacerus ricaensis
Megacerus ripiphorus
Megacerus schaefferianus
Megacerus schaeffferianus
Megacerus similibus
Megacerus tapianus
Megacerus tessarespilus
Megacerus testaceipennis
Megacerus tricolor
Abutiloneus
Acanthoscelides
Acanthoscelidini
Algarobius
Althaeus
Amblicerini
Amblycerini
Amblycerus
Bruchidini
Bruchidius
Bruchini
Bruchus
Caryedes
Caryedon
Cornutobruchus
Eubaptini
Gibbobruchus
Kytorhinini
Kytorhynus
Longebruchus
Megacerini
Meganeltumius
Meibomeus
Merobruchus
Mimosestes
Neltumius
Pachymerini
Pygobruchidius
Pygospermophagus
Rhaebini
Sennius
Tuberculobruchus
Zabrotes
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