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Species Sennius cruentatus

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.
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)