Sergio Godínez-Cortés

Colegio de Postgraduados | CP · Department of Entomology and Acarology

Examination of 1,805 specimens of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Mexico in the National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Washington, DC, resulted in discovery of unpublished data from 11 genera and 63 species. New country records for Mexico include Amblycerus lineolatus (Motschulsky, 1874) and Amblycerus luctuosus (Sharp,...

Examination of the Bruchinae collection in the National Museum of Natural History (USNM), revealed the first records of Pygiopachymerus lineola Chevrolat, 1871 for Mexico; with three specimens from the states of Guanajuato and Oaxaca, and a new host, Tamarindus indica, belonging to Caesalpinioideae (Fabaceae). This represents an increase in the kno...

Results of field collects and the BRUCOL database, we present and illustrate 27 know bruchids species, recorded in the municipality of Zimapán, Hidalgo, México. Their host plants, new distributions, and the type of vegetation where it can be find are presented, addressing important aspects of their biology such as oviposition and voltinism. The mos...

This study investigates the biodiversity of Coleoptera of the family Bruchidae in the State of Hidalgo, by examining 6838 individuals deposited in 13 scientific collections, distributed among 73 species and 19 genera. This corresponds to 19.4% of the total national species and represents an increase in its diversity of 40%, relative to the previous...

Síntesis del conocimiento de los escarabajos de las semillas (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) y diagnosis de las especies en el municipio de Zimapán, Hidalgo, México.

Worldwide known as seed beetles, bruchids are usually associated with crops and stored grains, and some species are considered pests of human food, such as tamarind and other legumes. In die present study we provide the characterization and a new distribution record of the genus Caryedon and die species Caryedon serratus (OLIVIER) for die State of...

Bruchids form a monophyletic group in Coleóptera and they are near to Chrysomelidae family. These insects arc known as seed beetles and the immature forms feed exclusively in seeds of about 34 families of angiosperms worldwide. Actually this family cf insects has about 1700 described species in 66 genera. In Mexico there are known about 27 genera a...