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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 ulkei

Species Mimosestes ulkei

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Chrysomelidae or Bruchidae? - Mimosestes ulkei Bruchid emerging from seed - Mimosestes ulkei Mimosestes ulkei? - Mimosestes ulkei Mimosestes ulkei? - Mimosestes ulkei Mimosestes ulkei? - Mimosestes ulkei Mimosestes ulkei? - Mimosestes ulkei
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 ulkei (Mimosestes ulkei)
Other Common Names
"retama weevil" after a local name for Parkinsonia aculeata. (1)(2)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mimosestes ulkei (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus ulkei Horn 1873
Size
Body length 2.5–4.9 mm (2)
Width 1.9–2.9 mm.
Range
AZ / nw Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Type locality: Arizona
Food
Host plants: Parkinsonia aculeata, P. florida, P. texana (Fabaceae) (2)
Remarks
This species, while not rare in collections, is less abundant than other species of Mimosestes. (2)
Works Cited
1.Insects of Western North America
Edward Oliver Essig. 1926. 1926. The MacMillan Company.
2.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 8 January, 2009 - 10:54am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 November, 2022 - 4:43pm

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