Book Review: Revision of the genus Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Amblycerinae)

Authors

John M. Kingsolver, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 1992

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 6, No. 3-4, September-December, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Kingsolver.

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Species in the genus Spermophagus are found in all of the Old World regions except Australia. Prior to this fine monograph, the taxonomy was a hodgepodge of local faunal treatments and single species descriptions with few usable keys or illustrations. Now we have available keys to 90 species with full descriptions, geographical distributions, and excellent illustrations of dorsal habitus, male genitalia, and many of the female genital valves.