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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 » Acanthoscelides » Acanthoscelides compressicornis

Species Acanthoscelides compressicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Acanthoscelides compressicornis (Schaeffer) - Acanthoscelides compressicornis Bruchine - Acanthoscelides compressicornis - male Acanthoscelides compressicornis (Schaeffer) - Acanthoscelides compressicornis - male Acanthoscelides compressicornis (Schaeffer) - Acanthoscelides compressicornis
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 Acanthoscelides
Species compressicornis (Acanthoscelides compressicornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acanthoscelides compressicornis (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus compressicornis Schaeffer, 1907
Size
1.3-2.3 mm (1)
Range
e US to AZ (AZ-FL-OH-SD) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2), mostly AZ to TX & Mex.
Food
hosts: various Desmanthus and some other Fabaceae (1)
Remarks
Type locality: Brownsville, Texas
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1907. New Bruchidae with notes on known species and list of species known to occur at Brownsville, Texas, and in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. Museum of Brooklyn's Institute for Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin 1(10): 291-306. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type info - Smithsonian
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 v belov on 12 November, 2012 - 2:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 August, 2022 - 1:19pm

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