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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 » Seed Beetle (Stator) » Stator limbatus

Species Stator limbatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Stator (Seed Beetle)
Species limbatus (Stator limbatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stator limbatus (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus limbatus Horn 1873
Size
2-3 mm
Range
c. CA to s. TX to S. Amer. - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
They oviposit on a variety of legumes, Acacia and Parkinsonia spp.
Food
The adults feed entirely on seeds and the larvae survive on the fruit/seed in which they have been laid in, and require no additional food or water. Unlike most congeners, S. limbatus is polyphagous
Print References
Cocco et al. (2021) Establishment and new hosts of the non-native seed beetle Stator limbatus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) on acacias in Europe. NeoBiota 70: 167-192. Full text
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 Will Chatfield-Taylor on 23 July, 2006 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2024 - 9:39am

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