Bruchidius mendosus

Bruchidius mendosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Chrysomeloidea
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Bruchidius
Species:	B. mendosus
Binomial name
	Bruchidius mendosus; (Gyllenhal, 1839)
Synonyms
	Bruchus mendosus (Gyllenhal 1839); Bruchus minimus Motschoulsky, 1858; Bruchus decretus Walker, 1859; Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal): Decelle, 1975; Bruchidius vulgaris Arora, 1977;

Bruchidius mendosus, is a species of leaf beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yemen.^[1]^[2]

Description[edit]

Body length is less than 1.5 mm. Elytral vestiture is uniform. Antennae short, and dark brown with blackish apical segment. Antennal segments are longer than wide. Posterior legs are black.^[3]^[4]

It is a seed borer commonly found in Grona triflora seeds and probably in Alysicarpus monilifer.^[3]^[1]^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

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[seeds-1] "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.

[2] "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.

[Vietnam-3] "Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Genus 21(4):513-533. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

[4] 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.

[5] "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.

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