Megamecus sciurus (Olivier, 1807)

Ahmed, Zubair, Colonnelli, Enzo & Meregalli, Massimo, 2014, Some new records of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Pakistan., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 12, pp. 195-198 : 196

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12714183

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scientific name

Megamecus sciurus (Olivier, 1807)
status

 

Megamecus sciurus (Olivier, 1807) View in CoL

Material examined: Pakistan, Province Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, District Lower Dir, Tehsil Timergara, Village Thrai, 1 ♂, 20.VI.2011, leg. Ataullah ; Province Sind, District Tharparkar, Town Mithi, 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 17.VI.2012, leg. Ahmed Z.

Remarks: A species broadly distributed in India and West Bengal ( Supare et al. 1990). It was observed to damage leaves of cotton and sugarcane ( Nair 1986).

Curculionidae : Lixinae : Cleonini

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Megamecus

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