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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 nubigens

Species Mimosestes nubigens

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

Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky) - Mimosestes nubigens

Acanthoscelides tridenticulatus? - Mimosestes nubigens

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 nubigens (Mimosestes nubigens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky)

Orig. Comb: Bruchus nubigens Motschulsky 1874

Syn: Bruchus sallaei Sharp

Size

length 2.2–4.1 mm;

width 1.3–2.7 mm. (1)

Identification

Easily recognizable by the unique, pronounced denticulate "shoulders" of the pronotum. (1)

Other characters are the subangulate postocular lobe of the eye and the large, transverse plate in the internal sac.

Range

CA-AZ, TX, FL, HI / Mexico to Brazil - Map (1)(2), common in s. TX & Mexico

Introduced into New Caledonia and the Philippines.

(Preferred host ranges from CA to FL.)

Food

The preferred host is probably Huisache (Acacia farnesiana) both on the mainland and in Hawaii. Large numbers of beetles emerge from samples taken anywhere within its host range. (1)

Rearing records: Acacia cornigera, A. farnesiana, A. schaffneri, A. tortuosa; Prosopis pallida (Hawaii).

Records needing confirmation: Acacia amentacea; Caesalpinia coriaria; Ceratonia siliqua; Cordia sp.; Gleditsia triacanthos; Lotus sp.; Prosopis chilensis, P. glandulosa glandulosa, P. glandulosa torreyana, P. juliflora.

Remarks

Type Locality: "Bresil" (1)

Print References

Johnson, C.D., and T.N. Seeno. 1993. Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky) established in California (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69: 190.

Motschulsky, V. 1874. Enumération des nouvelles espèces de coléoptères rapportés de ses voyages. Bulletin Société Imperial Naturelle de Moscou 46: 203–252.

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 Ed Riley on 2 November, 2010 - 1:07pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 19 February, 2022 - 7:28pm

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