| Bruchidius | |
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| Bruchidius endotubercularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Bruchinae |
| Tribe: | Bruchini |
| Genus: | Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905 |
| Species | |
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about 300 | |
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.
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). It lives on other Cercis species, as well. One of several groups within the genus, the B. centromaculatus group, are mostly limited to acacias. The genus can also be found on plants of the carrot and parsley family, Apiaceae, and the aster family, Asteraceae.
There are around 300 species in this genus.
Species include:
- Bruchidius antennatus (Wollastone, 1864)
- Bruchidius biguttatus (Olivier, 1795)
- Bruchidius brincki Decelle, 1975
- Bruchidius chloroticus (Dalman, 1833)
- Bruchidius cisti (Fabricius, 1775)
- Bruchidius endotubercularis
- Bruchidius faroensis
- Bruchidius holosericeus (Schönherr, 1832)
- Bruchidius lichenicola (Wollaston, 1854)
- Bruchidius lineatopygus
- Bruchidius lutescens (Blanchard, 1844)
- Bruchidius meridionalis Anton & Delobel, 2003
- Bruchidius nodieri
- Bruchidius obscurevittatus
- Bruchidius pauper (Boheman, 1829)
- Bruchidius raddianae Anton & Delobel, 2003
- Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007
- Bruchidius simulans
- Bruchidius unicolor (Olivier, 1795)
- Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792) – Scotch broom bruchid
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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.