Bruchidius anderssoni

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Bruchidius anderssoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Bruchidius
Species:
B. anderssoni
Binomial name
Bruchidius anderssoni
Decelle, 1975

Bruchidius anderssoni, is a species of leaf beetle found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. [1] [2] [3]

Description

It is a smaller species with maximum body length of 1.2 to 1.3 mm. [4]

It is a seed borer commonly found in Desmodium gangeticum seeds. [4] [2] [5]

References

  1. "Bruchidius anderssoni Decelle, 1975". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "New seed beetles from Thailand belonging to the Bruchidius mendosus (Gyllenhal, 1839) species-group, and a key to Southeast Asian species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". publication.nhmus.hu. doi:10.17112/foliaenthung.2016.77.41 . Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  4. 1 2 "Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Genus 21(4):513-533. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. "Additions to paleotropical Bruchidius associated with Desmodieae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)" (PDF). Genus Vol. 25(3): 425-432 Wrocław, 30 IX 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-26.