Bruchidius mendosus
| Bruchidius mendosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Bruchidius |
| Species: | B. mendosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal, 1839) | |
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Bruchidius mendosus, is a species of leaf beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yemen.[1][2]
Description
Body length is less than 1.5 mm.[3][4]
It is a seed borer commonly found in Grona triflora seeds and probably in Alysicarpus monilifer.[3][1][5]
References
- 1 2 "The Bruchidae (Coleoptera) associated to seeds of Desmodium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 49 (31/12/2011): 197‒205. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ "New seed beetles from Thailand belonging to the Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal, 1839) species-group, and a key to Southeast Asian species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". publication.nhmus.hu. doi:10.17112/foliaenthung.2016.77.41. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- 1 2 "Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Genus 21(4):513-533. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ↑ Delobel, Alex (2016). "New seed beetles from Thailand belonging to the Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal, 1839) species-group, and a key to Southeast Asian species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Folia Entomologica Hungarica. pp. 41–51. doi:10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2016.77.41. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "Additions to paleotropical Bruchidius associated with Desmodieae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)" (PDF). Genus Vol. 25(3): 425-432 Wrocław, 30 IX 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-26.