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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Large-horned Bruchids (Megacerus) » Megacerus discoidus
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Beetle - Megacerus discoidus
Copyright © 2008 Kurt Schaefer

Beetle - Megacerus discoidus
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
June 14, 2008

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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 15 June, 2008 - 7:09pm
Last updated 24 July, 2016 - 9:19am

Megacerus discoidus
Ed Riley det, comments:

M. discoidus (Say) (often mis-spelled as discoideus). It breeds in seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla. Nice pics...
… Mike Quinn, 16 June, 2008 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Mike,
Thanks for the ID on this beetle, now I will appreciate bush morning-glory even more.
… Kurt Schaefer, 19 June, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
amazing plant
That's a pretty amazing plant that the amazing beetle hosts on... Mike
… Mike Quinn, 20 June, 2008 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

great example of ...
pectinate antenna, and now thumbnailed into the glossary entry.
… Cotinis, 16 June, 2008 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

wow
those are some wacky antennae it must be a male as males often have large antennae for finding females. no idea what species of beetle this is, though
… Vespula Vulgaris, 15 June, 2008 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Male is correct...
and this is a Megacerus, a Chrysomelid of the subfamily Bruchinae. The genus name is very fitting indeed.
… Stephen Luk, 15 June, 2008 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Stephen,
Thanks for the ID.
… Kurt Schaefer, 15 June, 2008 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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