Cd. Johnson, NEW HOST RECORDS, DISTRIBUTION AND NOTES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME SEEDBEETLES (COLEOPTERA, BRUCHIDAE), The Coleopterists bulletin, 52(2), 1998, pp. 147-149
Megacerus schaefferianus Bridwell and Amblycerus piurae (Pierce) glue
their eggs to the seed pods of their hosts. Their oviposition behavior
places them in Oviposition Guild A. New host or distribution records
are reported for them as well as Acanthoscelides biustulus (Fall), A.
desmanthi Johnson, A. kingsolveri Johnson, A. machala Johnson, A. senn
icola Johnson, Ctenocolum acapulcensis Kingsolver and Whitehead, C. ma
rtiale Kingsolver and Whitehead, Megacerus callirhipis (Sharp), Mimose
stes humeralis (Gyllenhal), M. mimosae (Fabricius), M. ulkei (Horn), S
tator limbatus (Horn), and S. trisignatus (Sharp).