A new species of Merobruchus Bridwell near Merobruchus boucheri Kingsolver (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Bruchinae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Apr 2007Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 1,449 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1449.1.4 , 10.5281/zenodo.176224

A new species of Merobruchus Bridwell near Merobruchus boucheri Kingsolver (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Bruchinae)

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A new species, Merobruchus santiagoi Ribeiro-Costa sp. nov., is described from Brazil and Bolivia in seeds of Pithecelobium scalare Griseb (=P. tortum Mart.). Comparisons are made with its closely related species, M. boucheri Kingsolver 1980, presenting illustrations for both including male genitalia

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State University of West Paraná
Brazil

Keywords

Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Chrysomelidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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