Mimosestes

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus: Bruchini
Subtribe: Acanthoscelidina
Genus: Mimosestes
Species: M. acaciestes – M. amicus – M. anomalus – M. brevicornis – M. cinerifer – M. enterolobii – M. humeralis – M. incanus – M. insularis – M. janzeni – M. mimosae – M. nubigens – M. obscuriceps – M. playazul – M. protractus – M. ulkei – M. viduatus

Mimosestes Bridwell, 1946: 54

Type species: Bruchus sallaei Sharp, 1885 [= Bruchus nubigens Motschulsky, 1874], by original designation.

• Cercidiestes Bridwell, 1946: 55 [syn.: Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978: 2]
  • Type species: Bruchus ulkei Horn, 1873, by original designation.

• Bridwell, J.C. 1946. The genera of beetles of the family Bruchidae in America north of Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36(2): 52–57. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kingsolver, J.M. & Johnson, C.D. 1978. Systematics of the genus Mimosestes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) No. 1590: 106 pp. DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.157736 .

• Anton, K.-W. 2010. Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 339–353. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Anton, K.-W. 2024. Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 176–206. In: Bezděk, J. & Sekerka, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6/2/1. Updated and Revised Second Edition. Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 1. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-44330-3 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004443303_003 . Reference page. 
• Johnson, C.D. 1983. Mimosestes playazul, new species, with new host records for other Mimosestes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(4): 816–820. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/76.4.816 .
• Johnson, C.D. & Kingsolver, J.M. 1982 (1981). Checklist of the Bruchidae (Coleoptera) of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 35(4): 409–422. JSTOR .
• Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2013. A new genus and species of Bruchinae, with a key to the genera from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 3599(6): 535–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.3 . Reference page. 
• Romero, J. & Johnson, C.D. 2004. Checklist of the Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(4): 613–635. DOI: 10.1649/694 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . PDF. Reference page. 
• Udayagiri, S. & Wadhi, S.R. 1989. Catalog of Bruchidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 45: 1–301. Internet Archive . Reference page.