Bruchidius nalandus explained

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.[6] [7]

Notes and References

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

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