Nicora nuts with beetles - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 36380 | |||||
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Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Nicora nuts with beetles | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Nicora nuts with beetles | Geography Description | South America, Brazil | ||
| Uses | Nicora nuts with beetles Use: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Beetle is Pachymerus lacerdae Chev.? See letter book No. 93 1915. Nicora nuts rec'd. from Curators office sent by Mr Chard for name believed to come from South America. See letter IX. p.73 May 5, 1914. J.H.H. Mr Chard, Angleside, Leatherhea, d, Surrey See letter book IX p. 126. From British Museum Natural History Cromwell Rd, London S.W. Dept of Information 15 March 1915. Dear Sir, The beetle from Nicora nuts, which you have sent to Dr Harmer, is Pachymerus lacerdae. Chv.? a species of the fa, mily Bruchidae. We have other specimens from Bahia and also the nuts from which they came. These nuts are not named, but appear to me to be exactly like the one you have sent us with the beetle. Yours faithfully C. J Gahan Keeper. | ||||