Bruchidius mendosus explained

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. 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.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Bruchidae (Coleoptera) associated to seeds of Desmodium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) . 2021-09-26 . Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 49 (31/12/2011): 197‒205..
2. Web site: New seed beetles from Thailand belonging to the Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal, 1839) species-group, and a key to Southeast Asian species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) . 2021-09-27 . publication.nhmus.hu . 10.17112/foliaenthung.2016.77.41.
3. Web site: Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) . 2021-09-26 . Genus 21(4):513-533.
4. Web site: 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) . 2021-09-27 . Folia Entomologica Hungarica . 41–51 . 10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2016.77.41.
5. Web site: Additions to paleotropical Bruchidius associated with Desmodieae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) . 2021-09-26 . Genus Vol. 25(3): 425-432 Wrocław, 30 IX 2014.