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Genus Mimosestes

Bruchinae - Mimosestes Beetle - Mimosestes Leaf Beetle - Mimosestes amicus Tiny Grey round bug - Mimosestes amicus Mimosestes? - Mimosestes amicus Mimosestes amicus (Horn) - Mimosestes amicus M. amicus? - Mimosestes amicus Bug or Beetle? - Mimosestes amicus
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
Explanation of Names
Mimosestes Bridwell 1946
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)
Range
FL and sw. US (KS-TX west to UT & CA)(1)
Print References
Kingsolver J.M., Johnson C.D. (1979) Systematics of the genus Mimosestes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). USDA Tech. Bull. 1590. 106 pp.
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).