# Megacerus

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| taxon = Megacerus
| authority = [Fåhraeus](/source/Olof_Immanuel_von_F%C3%A5hraeus), 1839
| display_parents = 2
| image = Megacerus cubiculus P1260839a.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Megacerus cubiculus](/source/Megacerus_cubiculus)''
}}

'''''Megacerus''''' is a genus of large-horned bruchines in the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae). There are about 9 described species in ''Megacerus'' in [North America](/source/North_America).<ref name=bugref>{{cite web|title=''Megacerus'' Genus Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/40764|website=BugGuide.net|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|title=''Megacerus'' Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187750|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref><ref name=eol>{{cite web|title=''Megacerus'' Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/110313/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref>
[[File:Megacerus cubiculus P1260844a.jpg|thumb|''[Megacerus cubiculus](/source/Megacerus_cubiculus)'']]

==North American Species==
* ''[Megacerus coryphae](/source/Megacerus_coryphae)'' <small>(Olivier, 1795)</small>
* ''[Megacerus cubiculus](/source/Megacerus_cubiculus)'' <small>(Casey, 1884)</small>
* ''[Megacerus cubicus](/source/Megacerus_cubicus)'' <small>(Motschulsky, 1874)</small>
* ''[Megacerus discoidus](/source/Megacerus_discoidus)'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small>
* ''[Megacerus impiger](/source/Megacerus_impiger)'' <small>(Horn, 1873)</small>
* ''[Megacerus leucospilus](/source/Megacerus_leucospilus)'' <small>(Sharp, 1885)</small>
* ''[Megacerus maculiventris](/source/Megacerus_maculiventris)'' <small>(Fahraeus, 1839)</small>
* ''[Megacerus ripiphorus](/source/Megacerus_ripiphorus)'' <small>(Fahraeus, 1839)</small>
* ''[Megacerus schaefferianus](/source/Megacerus_schaefferianus)'' <small>Bridwell, 1929</small>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book
| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R. H. Jr.
| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.
| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.
| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.
| date = 21 June 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
| publisher = CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
}}
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Category:Bruchinae
Category:Megacerus
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Taxa named by Olof Immanuel von Fåhraeus

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