Biology:Mimosestes
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Bruchinae |
| Tribe: | Bruchini |
| Genus: | Mimosestes Bridwell, 1946 |
Mimosestes is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the beetle family Chrysomelidae. There are about 13 described species in Mimosestes.[1][2][3]
Species
At least these 12 species belong to the genus Mimosestes:
- Mimosestes acaciestes Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
- Mimosestes amicus (Horn, 1873)
- Mimosestes anomalus Johnson
- Mimosestes chrysocosmus Kingsolver, 1985
- Mimosestes enterolobii Johnson
- Mimosestes insularis Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
- Mimosestes janzeni Johnson
- Mimosestes mimosae (Fabricius, 1781)
- Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky, 1874)
- Mimosestes playazul Johnson
- Mimosestes protractus (Horn, 1873)
- Mimosestes ulkei (Horn, 1873) (retama weevil)
References
Further reading
- Riley, Ed; Clark, S.; Seeno, T. (2003). Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico. Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608718.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q11989520 entry
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