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Genus Mimosestes

large Pea weevil from California (2) 10.07.21 - Mimosestes amicus Bruchid emerging from seed - Mimosestes ulkei Beetle - Mimosestes Beetle - Mimosestes Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky) - Mimosestes nubigens Mimosestes amicus (Horn) - Mimosestes amicus Beetle - Mimosestes
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
Explanation of Names
Mimosestes Bridwell 1946
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)
Range
FL and sw. US (KS-TX west to UT & CA)(1)
Print References
Kingsolver J.M., Johnson C.D. (1979) Systematics of the genus Mimosestes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). USDA Tech. Bull. 1590. 106 pp.
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 7 February, 2007 - 9:28pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 9:36pm

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