Bruchinae

Bruchus pisorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Bruchinae
Tribus (6 + 1†): Amblycerini – Bruchini – Eubaptini – Kytorhinini – Pachymerini – Rhaebini – †Myanmaropini

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on Morse (2014), plus Myanmaropini.

Overview of genera (65 + 4†)

Abutiloneus – Acanthobruchidius – Acanthoscelides – Afroredon – Algarobius – Althaeus – Amblycerus – Bonaerius – Borowiecius – Bruchidius – Bruchus – Buburra – Callosobruchus – Caryedes – Caryedon – Caryoborus – Caryobruchus – Caryopemon – Caryotrypes – Conicobruchus – Cosmobruchus – Ctenocolum – Dahlibruchus – Decellebruchus – Diegobruchus – Eubaptus – Exoctenophorus – Gibbobruchus – Horridobruchus – Kingsolverius – Kytorhinus – Lithraeus – Margaritabruchus – Megabruchidius – Megacerus – Meganeltumius – Meibomeus – Merobruchus – Mimocaryedon – Mimosestes – Neltumius – Neobruchidius – Pachymerus – Palaeobruchidius – Paleoacanthoscelides – Palpibruchus – Parasulcobruchus – Pectinibruchus – Penthobruchus – Pseudopachymerina – Pygiopachymerus – Pygobruchidius – Rhaebus – Rhipibruchus – Salviabruchus – Scutobruchus – Sennius – Spatulobruchus – Speciomerus – Specularius – Spermophagus – Stator – Stylantheus – Sulcobruchus – Zabrotes – †Electrocaryedon – †Mesopachymerus – †Myanmarops – †Oligobruchus

Name

Bruchinae Latreille, 1802 [conserved name]

Type genus: Bruchus Linnaeus, 1767

Placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Opinion 1809. [as "Bruchidae"]

Synonymy

• Bruchelae Latreille, 1802: 192
  • Bruchidae: Stephens, 1831: 206
  • Bruchinae
• Bruchetae Rosenhauer, 1856: 233 [syn.: Yus-Ramos, 2014: 342]
• Mylabridae Heyden, Reitter & Weise, 1883: 179 [syn.: Pope, 1956]
• Lariidae Bedel, 1901: 341 [permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on suppressed type genus] [syn.: Pope, 1956]

Alternative classifications

As family
Family Bruchidae Subfamily Amblycerinae Tribe Amblycerini Tribe Spermophagini Subfamily Bruchinae Tribe Acanthoscelidini Tribe Bruchidiini Tribe Bruchiini Tribe Megacerini Subfamily Eubaptinae Subfamily Kytorhininae Subfamily Pachymerinae Tribe Caryedontini Tribe Caryopemini Tribe Pachymerini Subfamily Rhaebinae

References

Primary references

• Bedel, L. 1889–1901. Faune des coléoptères du Bassin de la Seine. Tome V. 423 pp. Société Entomologique de France, Paris. BHL.
• Heyden, L. von, Reitter, E. & Weise, J. 1883. Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae et Caucasi. Editio tertia. Berlin, Nicolai. [2] + 228pp. BHL Reference page. 
• ICZN. 1995. Opinion 1809. Bruchus Linnaeus, 1767, Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767 and Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta: Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52(2): 208–210. BHL. Reference page. 
• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 
• Pope, R.D. 1956. The family name Bruchidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 92: 45-46. [not seen]
• Rosenhauer, W.G. 1856. Die Thiere Andalusiens nach dem Resultate einer Reise zusammengestellt, nebst den Beschreibungen von 249 neuen oder bis jetzt noch unbeschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. Erlangen: T. Blaesing, viii + 429 pp., 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Stephens, J.F. 1831–1832. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata, Vol. IV. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 413 pp., pls. 20–23. [published in parts: pp. 1–366, 1831; 367–413, 1832] BHL Reference page. 
• Yus-Ramos, R. 2014. Nueva sinonimia de la familia Bruchidae y comentarios sobre el origen de este nombre de familia (Coleoptera). Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 38(3-4): 341–349. Online (with PDF download).

Additional references

• Anton, K.-W. 2010. Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 339–353. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Anton, K.-W. 2024. Subfamily Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 176–206. In: Bezděk, J. & Sekerka, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6/2/1. Updated and Revised Second Edition. Chrysomeloidea II (Orsodacnidae, Megalopodidae, Chrysomelidae) – Part 1. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-44330-3 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004443303_003 . Reference page. 
• Borowiec, L. 1987. The genera of seed-beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57: 3–207. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bottimer, L.J. 1968. Notes on Bruchidae of America north of Mexico with a list of world genera. The Canadian Entomologist 100(10): 1009–1049. DOI: 10.4039/Ent1001009-10 .
• Ghahari, H. & Borowiec, L. 2017. A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4268(2): 215–237. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.3 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Johnson, C.D.(†) & Romero-Nápoles, J. 2006. Neobruchidius lovie, new genus and new species from Latin America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Zootaxa 1123: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1123.1.4 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Kingsolver, J.M. 1965. A new fossil bruchid genus and its relationships to modern genera (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 19(1): 25–30. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kingsolver, J.M. 2004. Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada (Insecta: Coleoptera). Volume 1. Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) No. 1912: 324 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kingsolver, J.M. 2004. Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada (Insecta: Coleoptera). Volume 2 (illustrations). Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) No. 1912: 198 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Legalov, A.A. 2016. A new genus of seed beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 50(1): 73–77. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030116010056 .
• Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk A.G. & Anokhin, B.A. 2020. The oldest seed beetle (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar with description of new tribe, genus and species. Cretaceous Research 107(104283): 1–5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104283 . Reference page. 
• Morse, G. 2014. 2.7.1. Bruchinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 189–198 in: Leschen et al., 2014. Full chapter 2.7 (with link to PDF) Reference page. 
• Nilsson, J.A. & Johnson, C.D. 1993. A taxonomic revision of the palm bruchids (Pachymerini) and a description of the world genera of Pachymerinae (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society No. 41. 104 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Poinar, G., Jr. 2005. A Cretaceous palm bruchid, Mesopachymerus antiqua, n. gen., n. sp. (Coleptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerini) and biogeographical implications. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107(2): 392–397. BHL.
• Romero, J. & Johnson, C.D. 2004. Checklist of the Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(4): 613–635. DOI: 10.1649/694 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . PDF. Reference page. 
• Udayagiri, S. & Wadhi, S.R. 1989. Catalog of Bruchidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 45: 1–301. Internet Archive . Reference page. 
• Viana, J.H. & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). Bruchines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with Senna neglecta (Vogel) H.S. Irwin and Barneby (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae): a new host plant for the subfamily. Journal of Natural History 48(1–2): 57–85. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791882 . Reference page. 
• Yus Ramos, R., Kingsolver, J.M. & Romero-Nápoles, J. 2007. Sobre el status taxonómico actual de los brúquidos (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) en los Chrysomeloidea. Dugesiana 14(1): 1–21. PDF. Reference page. 
• Yus-Ramos, R., Ventura, D., Bensusan, K., Coello-García, P., György, Z. & Stojanova, A. 2014. Alien seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in Europe. Zootaxa 3826(3): 401–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• BRUCHBASE by (Geoff Morse)
• Bruchidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Atlas of seed beetles (Bruchidae) of Russia and adjacent countries

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Samenkäfer
English: Bean Weevils / Seed Beetles
français: Bruche
magyar: Zsizsikformák
日本語: マメゾウムシ亜科
polski: Strąkowcowate
русский: Зерновки

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