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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Merobruchus

Genus Merobruchus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Bruchinae - Merobruchus Merobruchus insolitus (Sharp) - Merobruchus insolitus Merobruchus - Merobruchus julianus Merobruchus - Merobruchus julianus Texas Ebony Bruchid - Merobruchus major Merobruchus major? - Merobruchus Merobruchus major? - Merobruchus Arizona Beetle for ID - Merobruchus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Bruchini
Subtribe Acanthoscelidina
Genus Merobruchus
Explanation of Names
Merobruchus Bridwell 1946
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1)
Range
so. US (FL, KS‒TX‒AZ)(1) to Argentina; West Indies
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 9 September, 2008 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 December, 2023 - 9:20pm

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