A new species of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and a lectotype designation

Authors

Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa, BrazilFollow
John M. Kingsolver, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL

Date of this Version

September 1992

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 6, No. 3, September, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Ribeiro-Costa and Kingsolver.

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

Abstract

A new South American Amb1ycerus Thunberg, A. sosia is described and illustrated. Geographic distribution and comments about related species are also presented. A lectotype is designated for A. centralis (Sharp, 1885) =A. cistelinus (Gyllenhal, 1833).