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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Mimosestes » Mimosestes protractus

Species Mimosestes protractus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Mimosestes protractus (Horn) - Mimosestes protractus

Arizona Beetle for ID - Mimosestes protractus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)

Tribe Bruchini

Subtribe Acanthoscelidina

Genus Mimosestes

Species protractus (Mimosestes protractus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mimosestes protractus (Horn)

Orig. Comb: Bruchus protractus Horn 1873

Numbers

6 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

length 2.0–3.5 mm

width 1.2–2.1 mm. (1)

Identification

The elongate, parallel-sided form, reddish-orange appendages, and depression of the 5th sternum should easily separate this species from other North American Mimosestes (1)

Range

s.CA to TX (Brazos R.), UT-NV / Mex. to C. Amer. -Map (1)(2)

Food

Prosopis glandulosa glandulosa, P. glandulosa torreyana, P. laevigata, P. velutina;

Parkinsonia microphylla, P. texana. (Fabaceae) (1)

Remarks

Type locality: Lower California

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1873. Revision of the Bruchidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 311–342.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 4 March, 2009 - 1:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 August, 2022 - 11:52am

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