Bruchidius nalandus

Bruchidius nalandus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
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. "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.