Bruchidius punctopygus Pic, 1942

MORSE, GEOFFREY E. & RIBEIRO-COSTA, CIBELE STRAMARE, 2024, New and Confirmed Combinations of New World Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a List of incertae sedis Species, Zootaxa 5543 (1), pp. 57-82 : 75-76

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8609D748-CE3A-49D1-9722-151F5D98A5C1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14453625
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487E0-C96D-FFD4-E5C3-F8E3FB68E450
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bruchidius punctopygus Pic, 1942
status

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Bruchidius punctopygus Pic, 1942 . Species incertae sedis.

Bruchidius punctopygus Pic, 1942: p. 11 . “Bolivie” [ Bolivia]. No types located in the MNHN in 2016. Kingsolver (pers. comm.) indicates that this was not found in any European museum by him.

Bruchidius punctopygus : Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 151 (catalog).

Acanthoscelides punctopygus : Romero et al. (2020), p. 18 (catalog): established the new combination in Acanthoscelides despite not having examined any types. Pic (1942) states “A placer près de lineaticollis Sharp ” (p. 11). As this species is now Merobruchus lineaticollis (Sharp) , the transfer to Acanthoscelides is inappropriate and premature without having examined specimens. This should remain a species incertae sedis.