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A revision of the genus Sennius of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

By Johnson, C.D. & Kingsolver, J.M.
United States Departament of Agriculture Technical Bulletin, 1462, 1–135, 1973

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Contributed by Boris Büche on 13 October, 2022 - 12:34pm

Morfologia comparada dos gêneros do grupo Merobruchus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae): diagnoses e chave

By José Aldir P. da Silva, Cibele Stramare Ribeiro-Costa
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, vol.25 no.4, 2008

Comparative morphology of the genera of the group Merobruchus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae): diagnoses and key
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Caryedes; Ctenocolum; Gibbobruchus; Meibomeus; Merobruchus; Penthobruchus; Pygiopachymerus;

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 21 August, 2016 - 5:22pm

Revision of the Bruchidae of the United States.

By Horn, G.H.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 311–342., 1873

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Horn, G.H. (1873). Revision of the Bruchidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 311–342.

The family Bruchidie contains few genera, but very many species distributed in great part in the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the globe. They all undergo their metamorphoses in the seeds of various plants, principally Legimiinosae, and frequently by their num- bers cause great injury and loss in those seeds which form part of the food of man. In this list we find peas, beans, lentils, etc.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 October, 2025 - 10:25am

The genera of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

By Borowiec, L.
Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57: 3 - 207, 1987

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Contributed by Boris Büche on 2 November, 2022 - 2:56am

The Bean Weevils (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) of Atlantic Canada

By Majka C.G., Langor D.
J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 7: 75-82, 2011

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Contributed by v belov on 21 January, 2014 - 11:55am

Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada

By Kingsolver J.M.
USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.), 2004

The standard identification manual and a complete revision of our fauna. Vol. 2 provides habitus and diagnostic detail illustrations of each species
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Contributed by v belov on 1 May, 2010 - 4:57pm

The Chrysomelidae of Florida. Florida Entomologist, 7(4): 49-57.

By Blatchley, W.S.

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Blatchley, W.S. (1924). The Chrysomelidae of Florida. Florida Entomologist, 7(4): 49-57.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 July, 2025 - 2:30pm

Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera).

By Schaeffer, C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 41: 296-325., 1933

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Schaeffer, C. 1933. Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 41: 296-325.

Most of the following notes, descriptions, etc., and others, published elsewhere, have been written at various times in the past years while devoting some of my little spare time to the study and investigation of Chrysomelidae.

With the transfer of the museum’s collections to Washington some of the type specimens from which the descriptions were drawn are

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 July, 2025 - 9:54am

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