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Species Sennius cruentatus

Representative Images

Stator sp? - Sennius cruentatus Sennius cruentatus (Horn) - Sennius cruentatus Sennius cruentatus Bruchinae, dorsal - Sennius cruentatus

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 cruentatus (Sennius cruentatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bruchus cruentatus Horn 1873

Explanation of Names

Sennius cruentatus (Horn)

Size

1.6-2.9 mm(1)

Identification

The shape of the elytral maculation will usually separate S. cruentatus from all the U.S. species except S. simulans, which is only known from AZ.

Range

e. US to MN-SD-OK / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Food

Chamaecrista fasciculata, Ch. n. nictitans; Parkinsonia sp. (1)

Life Cycle

Often collected in inflorescences of other plant species and in spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) as a hibernaculum. (1)

Remarks

Has an all-black form(1)

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1873. Revision of the Bruchidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 311–342.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

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 Brad Barnd on 11 December, 2011 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 August, 2025 - 1:01pm

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