Bruchidius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus: Bruchini
Subtribus: Bruchidiina
Genus: Bruchidius
Species (>400): B. albolineatus – B. albopictus – B. albopubens – B. alpinus – B. anderssoni – B. annulicornis – B. anobioides – B. antennatus – B. apicipennis – B. arabicus – B. arcuatipes – B. armeniacus – B. asiricus – B. astragali – B. atrolineatus – B. aureus – B. aurivillii – B. baharicus – B. baronii – B. beauprei – B. bernardi – B. biguttatus – B. bilineatopygus – B. bimaculatopygus – B. bimaculatus – B. bituberculatus – B. borowieci – B. buettikeri – B. bythinocerus – B. cadenati – B. caeruleus – B. calabrensis – B. canescens – B. caninus – B. centromaculatus – B. chinensis – B. chloroticus – B. cinerascens – B. cisti – B. comptus – B. convexicollis – B. coreanus – B. corsicus – B. crassicornis – B. danilevskyi – B. densevestitus – B. desmodei – B. devexus – B. dialensis – B. dilutus – B. dimorphus – B. discrepans – B. dispar – B. elnairensis – B. eminingensis – B. fallaciosus – B. faroensis – B. fischeri – B. flavovirens – B. formosanus – B. foveolatus – B. fulvescens – B. fulvicornis – B. gardneri – B. gerrardiicola – B. glomeratus – B. glycyrhizae – B. gombo – B. gracilicollis – B. guanchorum – B. haladai – B. halodendri – B. holoniger – B. holosericeus – B. imbricornis – B. incarnatus – B. incipiens – B. jakuticus – B. japonicus – B. jocosus – B. kamtschaticus – B. kashmirensis – B. kashmiricus – B. kaszabi – B. khnzoriani – B. kieneri – B. kiritschenkoi – B. koenigi – B. lateobscurus – B. latior – B. lautus – B. leprieuri – B. lespedezae – B. letourneuxi – B. lichenicola – B. lindbergi – B. lineatus – B. lineolatus – B. lividimanus – B. loebli – B. longulus – B. lucifugus – B. lutescens – B. maculipygus – B. marginalis – B. martinezi – B. medaniensis – B. melanocerus – B. meleagrinus – B. mendosus – B. microminutus – B. migliaccioi – B. mimosae – B. minutissimus – B. misellus – B. monstrosicornis – B. mordelloides – B. muehlei – B. mulsanti – B. murinus – B. mussooriensis – B. myobromae – B. nalandus – B. nangalensis – B. nanus – B. nepalensis – B. niger – B. nigrosinuatus – B. nudus – B. obscurevittatus – B. obscuripes – B. obscurus – B. ochraceus – B. olivaceus – B. orientalis – B. osellai – B. pauper – B. picipes – B. pilosus – B. planicornis – B. planophthalmus – B. poecilus – B. poupillieri – B. prolongatus – B. ptilinoides – B. pubicornis – B. punctoterminalis – B. pusillus – B. pygmaeus – B. pygomaculatus – B. quinqueguttatus – B. raddianae – B. reitteri – B. richteri – B. robustus – B. rubiginosus – B. ruficolor – B. rufisurus – B. saudicus – B. saundersi – B. savitskyi – B. saxicola – B. schilskyi – B. schroderi – B. senensis – B. sericatus – B. serraticornis – B. serricollis – B. siliquastri – B. sinaitus – B. sivasensis – B. siwalikus – B. solanensis – B. sparsemaculatus – B. spathopus – B. steveni – B. strictus – B. talyshensis – B. taorminensis – B. tenerifensis – B. terrenus – B. tibialis – B. tragacanthae – B. tricolor – B. trifollii – B. tuberculatus – B. tuberculicauda – B. turkmenicus – B. uberatus – B. unicolor – B. urbanus – B. varipes – B. varipictus – B. varius – B. vestitialis – B. villosus – B. virgatoides – B. virgatus – B. wollastoni – B. wuermlii – B. zangezuricus – ...

??? B. atbasaricus – B. badjii – B. biloboscutus – B. lerui
Name

Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905
References

Anton, K.-W. & Delobel, A. 2017. Three new Asian species of Bruchidius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 161–172. DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0065 Open access.
Delobel, A. 2010. Bruchidius associated with the Mimosoid Dichrostachys cinerea in Africa, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus: 21(1): 53–59. PDF.
Delobel, A. 2012. Two new seed beetles from Cameroon (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus: 23(3): 367–373. PDF. Reference page.
Delobel, A., Anton, K.-W., Le Ru, B. & Kergoat, G.J. 2013. Morphology, biology and phylogeny of African seed beetles belonging to the Bruchidius ituriensis species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus: 24(1): 39–63. PDF.
Delobel, A. & Le Rü, B. 2010. New African seed beetles associated with Indigofera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus: 21(1): 61–81. PDF.
Delobel, A. & Le Rü, B. 2010. The Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) species group: definition, description of new species and biological data (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 115(1): 23–29.
Delobel, A., Le Ru, B., Genson, G., Musyoka, B.K. & Kergoat, G.J. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics, systematics and host-plant associations of the Bruchidius albosparsus (Fåhraeus) species group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 3931(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.1. Reference page.
Morse, G. 2014. 2.7.1. Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 189–198 in: Leschen et al., 2014. Full chapter 2.7 (with link to PDF) Reference page. [Source for there being >400 spp. in this genus]
Tuda, M. 2008. A new species of Bruchidius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Albizia in northern Thailand and a review of Bruchidius group 5. Zoological Science 25(4): 451-454. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.451 Reference page.

Links

Atlas of seed beetles (Bruchidae) of Russia and adjacent countries

Bruchidius is a genus of beetles in the bean weevil subfamily (Bruchinae) of the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. Most are native to the Old World.[1]

The larvae of these beetles often feed on plants of the legume family, Fabaceae. The species Bruchidius siliquastri, for example, is a seed beetle named for its host, the Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum).[2] It lives on other Cercis species, as well.[1] One of several groups within the genus, the B. centromaculatus group, are mostly limited to acacias.[3] The genus can also be found on plants of the carrot and parsley family, Apiaceae, and the aster family, Asteraceae.[1]

There are around 300 species in this genus.[1]

Species include:[2][3]

Bruchidius antennatus
Bruchidius biguttatus
Bruchidius chloroticus
Bruchidius cisti
Bruchidius faroensis[4]
Bruchidius holosericeus
Bruchidius lichenicola
Bruchidius lineatopygus
Bruchidius lutescens
Bruchidius meridionalis
Bruchidius nodieri
Bruchidius obscurevittatus[4]
Bruchidius pauper
Bruchidius raddianae
Bruchidius siliquastri
Bruchidius simulans
Bruchidius unicolor
Bruchidius villosus – Scotch broom bruchid

References

Stojanova, A. M., et al. (2011). A new seed beetle species to the Bulgarian fauna: Bruchidius siliquastri, Delobel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Ecologia Balkanica 3(1) 117-19.
Kergoat, G. J., et al. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of seed-beetle infesting Cercis siliquastrum L. in China and in Europe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Bruchini). Ann Soc Entomol Fr 43(3) 265-71.
Anton, K. and A. Delobel. (2003). African species of the Bruchidius centromaculatus group with “eyed” female pygidium (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Bruchinae). Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Genus: 14(2) 159-90.
Delobel, A. (2012). Two new seed beetles from Cameroon (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus: 23(3) 367-73.