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Species Sennius leucostauros

Sennius leucostauros Johnson and Kingsolver - Sennius leucostauros Sennius leucostauros Johnson and Kingsolver - Sennius leucostauros
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 Sennius
Species leucostauros (Sennius leucostauros)
Explanation of Names
Sennius leucostauros Johnson and Kingsolver 1973
Numbers
11 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
Body length 1.8–2.3 mm (2)
Range
southmost TX (Cameron Co.) to Guatemala - Map (2)(3)
Food
Senna bicapsularis bicapsularis (2)
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, Temascal (2)
See Also
No other U.S. species has a white, cross-shaped pattern on a black elytral integument. (2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
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)