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Species Acanthoscelides biustulus

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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 Acanthoscelides
Species biustulus (Acanthoscelides biustulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acanthoscelides biustulus (Fall)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus biustulus Fall 1910
Explanation of Names
biustulus (L). 'twice scorched' (1)
Size
1.2–2.3 mm(2)
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Food
hosts: Ticktrefoil (Desmodium, Fabaceae)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz.
Print References
Fall, H.C. 1910. Miscellaneous notes and descriptions of North American Coleoptera. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 36: 89-197.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing 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)