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Bruchidius mendosus

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Bruchidius mendosus
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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ a b "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.