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Stator (beetle)

Stator is a genus of seed beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 14 described species in Stator. Most members of the genus specialize on legumes.

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Stator
Stator limbatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Bruchinae
Tribe: Bruchini
Genus: Stator
Bridwell, 1946

Stator is a genus of seed beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 14 described species in Stator.12345 Most members of the genus specialize on legumes.6

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Stator:

  • Stator beali Johnson, 1963 i c g b
  • Stator bixae (Drapiez, 1820) g
  • Stator bottimeri Kingsolver, 1972 i c g
  • Stator chihuahua Johnson & Kingsolver, 1976 i c g b
  • Stator coconino Johnson and Kingsolver, 1976 i c g
  • Stator dissimilis
  • Stator huautlae Romero-Napoles & Johnson, 2004 g
  • Stator limbatus (Horn, 1873) i c g b
  • Stator monachus (Sharp, 1885) g
  • Stator pruininus (Horn, 1873) i c g b (pruinose bean weevil)
  • Stator pygidialis (Schaeffer, 1907) i c g
  • Stator sordidus (Horn, 1873) i c g b
  • Stator subaeneus (Schaeffer, 1907) i c g b
  • Stator vachelliae Bottimer, 1973 i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,1 c = Catalogue of Life,2 g = GBIF,3 b = Bugguide.net4

References

References

  1. "Stator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. "Browse Stator". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. "Stator". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. "Stator Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  6. Johnson, C. D., and J. M. Kingsolver. 1976. Systematics of Stator of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1537:1–101.