Spermophagus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus: Amblycerini
Subtribus: Spermophagina
Genus: Spermophagus
Species (~140): S. aeneipennis – S. albomaculatus – S. albosparsus – S. albosuturalis – S. albovittatus – S. altaicus – S. atrispinus – S. babaulti – S. bengalicus – S. bifidus – S. bimaculatus – S. borowieci – S. brincki – S. calystegiae – S. canus – S. caricus – S. caucasicus – S. cederholmi – S. ceylonicus – S. cicatricosus – S. ciliatipes – S. coimbatorensis – S. confusus – S. coronatus – S. decellei – S. divergens – S. dongdokiensis – S. drak – S. eichleri – S. endrodii – S. excavatus – S. hottentotus – S. humilis – S. incertus – S. inlineolatus – S. johnsoni – S. kannegieterei – S. kingsolveri – S. klapperichi – S. kochi – S. kuesteri – S. kuskai – S. latithorax – S. ligatus – S. lindbergorum – S. longepygus – S. lukjanovitschi – S. maafensis – S. maai – S. madecassus – S. malvacearum – S. mannarensis – S. marmoreus – S. maurus – S. maynei – S. minutissimus – S. minutus – S. moerens – S. monardi – S. multifloccosus – S. multiguttatus – S. multilineolatus – S. multipunctatus – S. murtulai – S. negligens – S. newtoni – S. nicotrai – S. niger – S. okahandjensis – S. palmi – S. pfaffenbergeri – S. pilipes – S. posticus – S. pubiventris – S. punjabensis – S. pygopubens – S. ruandanus – S. rufipes – S. rufiventris – S. rufonotatus – S. samuelsoni – S. schroederi – S. scotti – S. semiannulatus – S. sericeus – S. siamensis – S. sinensis – S. somalicus – S. sophorae – S. stemmleri – S. takuensis – S. tandalensis – S. titivilitius – S. transvaalensis – S. tristis – S. truncatus – S. turanicus – S. variolosopunctatus – S. vietnamensis – S. wittmeri

Species incertae sedis: S. abdominalis – S. braunsi – S. brevipes – S. dilatatus – S. fochi – S. heydeni – S. lugubris – S. multisignatus – S. subdenudatus – S. testaceicolor – S. tigridis – S. turanicus
Name

Spermophagus Schönherr, 1833: 102

Type species: Spermophagus titvilitius Boheman, 1833, by original designation.
Synonyms

Spermatophagus Gistel, 1856: 375 [unjustified emendation]
Euspermophagus Zacher, 1930: 237
Type species: Mylabris sericea Geoffroy, 1785

References
Primary references

Bezděk, J. 2020. Review of the genus-level names proposed by Johannes Gistel in Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 173–188. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.011 Open access. Reference page.
Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1856. Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Ein geheimer Schlüssel für Sammler aller Insecten-Ordnungen und Stände, behufs des Fangs, des Aufenhalts-Orts, der Wohnung, Tag- und Jahreszeit u.s.w., oder autoptische Darstellung des Insectenstaats in seinem Zusammenhange zum Bestehen des Naturhaushaltes überhaupt und insbesondere in seinem Einflusse auf die phanerogamische und cryptogamische Pflanzenberöltzerrung Europa’s. Zum ersten Male nach 25 jährigen eigenen Erfahrungen zusammengestellt und herausgegeben. Kempten: T. Dannheimer, xii + 530 + [2] pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.65996. Reference page.

Additional references

Anton, K.-W. 2000. Three new species of Spermophagus Schoenherr, 1833 from India and Laos (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Genus: 11(1): 29–36. PDF. Reference page.
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.
Borowiec, L. 1985. Notes on the Palaearctic Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Amblycerinae), with description of two new species. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 55: 3–24. ResearchGate Open access.
Borowiec, L. 1991. Revision of the genus Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Genus: Supplement Vol. 1. 198 pp. ResearchGate Open access.
Delobel, A. 2011. New data on Spermophagus from Vietnam, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Amblycerini). Genus: 22(2): 261–270. PDF. 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 ~140 spp.]
Zampetti, M.F. & Toma, L. 2020. Description of seven new species of seed beetles (Coleoptera Bruchidae) from Mediterranean basin and Africa. Biodiversity Journal 11(2): 553–564. DOI: 10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.2.553.564 Open access.

Spermophagus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae subfamily Bruchinae.

Species

Spermophagus abdominalis Fabricius, 1781
Spermophagus aeneipennis Pic, 1917
Spermophagus albomaculatus Decelle, 1970
Spermophagus albosparsus Gyllenhal, 1833
Spermophagus albosuturalis Pic, 1933
Spermophagus albovittatus Anton, 2000[1]
Spermophagus altaicus Karapetjan, 1973
Spermophagus babaulti Pic, 1921
Spermophagus bengalicus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus bifidus Anton, 2000[1]
Spermophagus bimaculatus Pic, 1911
Spermophagus brincki Decelle, 1970
Spermophagus calystegiae (Lukyanovich & Ter-Minasyan, 1957)
Spermophagus canus Baudi, 1886
Spermophagus caricus Decelle, 1982
Spermophagus caucasicus Baudi, 1886
Spermophagus cederholmi Decelle, 1975
Spermophagus ceylonicus Pic, 1917
Spermophagus cicatricosus Gyllenhal, 1833
Spermophagus ciliatipes Pic, 1927
Spermophagus coimbatorensis Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus complectus Sharp, 1866
Spermophagus confusus Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus cornutus Delobel, 2008[3]
Spermophagus coronatus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus decellei Borowiec, 1985
Spermophagus divergens Fahraeus, 1871
Spermophagus dongdokiensis Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus drak Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus eichleri Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus endrodii Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus excavatus Pic, 1917
Spermophagus heydeni Allard, 1868
Spermophagus hottentotus Fahraeus, 1839
Spermophagus humilis Decelle, 1970
Spermophagus incertus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus inlineolatus Pic, 1931
Spermophagus insularis Delobel, 2008[3]
Spermophagus johnsoni Borowiec, 1985
Spermophagus kannegieterei Pic, 1911
Spermophagus kingsolveri Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus klapperichi Borowiec, 1985
Spermophagus kochi Decelle, 1975
Spermophagus kuesteri Schilsky, 1905
Spermophagus kuskai Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus latithorax Boheman, 1829
Spermophagus ligatus Chevrolat, 1877
Spermophagus lindbergorum Decelle, 1975
Spermophagus longepygus Anton, 1993
Spermophagus maafensis Borowiec, 1985
Spermophagus maai Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus madecassus Pic, 1917
Spermophagus malvacearum Decelle, 1971
Spermophagus mannarensis Decelle, 1986
Spermophagus marmoreus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus maurus Fahraeus, 1871
Spermophagus maynei Pic, 1924
Spermophagus minutissiumus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus minutus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus moerens Boheman, 1839
Spermophagus monardi Decelle, 1975
Spermophagus multifloccosus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus multiguttatus Pic, 1917
Spermophagus multipunctatus Pic, 1917
Spermophagus murtulai Pic, 1924
Spermophagus negligens Pic, 1917
Spermophagus newtoni Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus niger Motschulsky, 1866
Spermophagus okahandjensis Decelle, 1973
Spermophagus palmi Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus perpastus (Lea, 1899)
Spermophagus pfaffenbergeri Borowiec, 1986 (Synonym of Spermophagus perpastus)
Spermophagus pilipes Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus posticus Chevrolat, 1877
†Spermophagus pluto Wickham, 1914
Spermophagus pubiventris Baudi, 1886
Spermophagus punjabensis Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus pygopubens Pic, 1930
Spermophagus ruandanus Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus rufipes (Ter-Minassian, 1975)
Spermophagus rufanotatus Pic, 1903
Spermophagus samuelsoni Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus schroederi Decelle, 1973
Spermophagus scotti Decelle, 1971
Spermophagus semiannulatus Pic, 1918
Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Spermophagus shamszadehi Delobel & Sadeghi, 2013[4]
Spermophagus siamensis Borowiec, 1991[2]
Spermophagus sinensis Pic, 1918
Spermophagus somulicus Decelle, 1979
Spermophagus sophorae Fahraeus, 1839
Spermophagus stemmleri Decelle, 1977
Spermophagus takuensis Delobel, 2011[5]
Spermophagus tandalensis Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus titivilitius Boheman, 1833
Spermophagus transvaalensis Borowiec, 1986
Spermophagus tristis Fahraeus, 1871
Spermophagus truncatus Anton, 2000[1]
Spermophagus variolosopunctatus Gyllenhal, 1833
Spermophagus vietnamensis Borowiec, 1991[2]
†Spermophagus vivificatus Scudder, 1876
Spermophagus voarum Delobel, 2008[3]
Spermophagus wittmeri Borowiec, 1985

References

Anton, Klaus-Werner (2000). "Three new species of Spermophagus SCHOENHERR, 1833 from India and Laos (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae)". Genus:. Wrocław, Poland. 11 (1): 29–36. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.524.4281.
Borowiec, Lech (1991). Revision of the Genus: Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae) (PDF). Wrocław, Poland: Biologica Silesiae. ISBN 8390002108. ISSN 0867-1710.
Delobel, Alex (2008). "The genus Spermophagus in Vietnam: biological data and description of three new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Amblycerini)". Genus:. Wrocław, Poland. 19 (2): 201–211.
Delobel, Alex; Sadeghi, Seyed Ebrahim (2013). "Remarks on the Spermophagus rufipes species group, with the description of a new species from Iran (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Amblycerinae)". Genus:. Wrocław, Poland. 24 (3–4): 309–314.

Delobel, Alex; Anton, Klaus-Werner (2011). "New data on Spermophagus from Vietnam, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Amblycerini)". Genus:. Wrocław, Poland. 22 (2): 261–270.

Further reading
Kergoat, Gael J.; Le Ru, Bruno P.; Sadeghi, Seyed E.; Tuda, Midori; Reid, Chris A.M.; György, Zoltán; Genson, Gwenaëlle; Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S.; Delobel, Alex (2015). "Evolution of Spermophagus seed beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchinae, Amblycerini) indicates both synchronous and delayed colonizations of host plants". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 91–103. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.014. PMID 25916187.