Bruchidius nalandus

Bruchidius nalandus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Bruchidius
Species:
B. nalandus
Binomial name
Bruchidius nalandus
(Pic, 1927)

Bruchidius nalandus, is a species of leaf beetle found in Congo, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Socotra Island.[1][2][3]

Description

The proximal sclerite of the saccus is triangular.[4][5]

It is a seed borer commonly found in seeds of Crotalaria pallida, Phyllodium pulchellum, Tephrosia candida, Tephrosia apollinea and Tephrosia purpurea.[4][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "The Bruchidae (Coleoptera) associated to seeds of Desmodium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 49 (31/12/2011): 197‒205. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. ^ "Bruchidius nalandus". www.kaefer-der-welt.de. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  3. ^ GHAHARI, HASSAN; BOROWIEC, LECH (2017-05-16). "A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran". Zootaxa. p. 215. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.3. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  4. ^ a b "Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Genus 21(4):513-533. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. ^ 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)". Folia Entomologica Hungarica. pp. 41–51. doi:10.17112/FoliaEntHung.2016.77.41. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ "Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Socotra Island". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  7. ^ "Order Coleoptera, family Chrysomelidae Subfamily Bruchinae" (PDF). Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 274–285 Date of publication: 31.05.2011. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

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