Bruchidius anderssoni, is a species of leaf beetle found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3]
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Description
editIt is a smaller species with maximum body length of 1.2 to 1.3 mm. Antennae dark brown with blackish apical segment. Posterior tarsi are black, whereas posterior legs are reddish brown. There is a small blunt tubercle on elongated elytra. Elytral integument is black.[4]
It is a seed borer commonly found in Desmodium gangeticum seeds.[4][2][5]
References
edit- ^ "Bruchidius anderssoni Decelle, 1975". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Seed beetles associated with Desmodieae in Vietnam (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)". Genus 21(4):513-533. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "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.