Bruno Le Ru

Bruno Pierre Le Ru, entomologist. Surname also spelled Le Rü.

• IRD/CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution Génomes Spéciation, Avenue de la terrasse, BP1, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France and Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay, France.
• Unité de Recherche IRD 072, African Insect Science for Food and Health (icipe), PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya.

Taxon names authored

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• 74 taxon names authored by Bruno Le Ru

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Bruno Le Ru

Publications

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2008

• Delobel, A. & Le Ru, B. 2008. Les Bruchidius consommateurs de graines d’Aeschynomene ; définition du groupe d’espèces Bruchidius kiliwaensis (Decelle) (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 113(1): 5–14. DOI: 10.3406/bsef.2008.16491 . Reference page. 

2009

• Delobel, A. & Le Rü, B. 2009. On some poorly known species of South African seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus 20(3): 411–427. PDF. Reference page. 

2010

• Delobel, A. & Le Rü, B. 2010. Le groupe d’espèces Bruchidius albopubens (Pic) : définition, description d’espèces nouvelles et données biologiques (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 115(1): 23–29. DOI: 10.3406/bsef.2010.2823 . Reference page. 
• Delobel, A. & Le Rü, B. 2010. New African seed beetles associated with Indigofera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus 21(1): 61–81. PDF. Reference page. 

2011

• Kergoat, G.J., Le Ru, B.P., Genson, G., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A. & Delobel, A. 2011. Phylogenetics, species boundaries and timing of resource tracking in a highly specialized group of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(3): 746–760. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.014 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Moyal, P., Le Rü, B., Van den Berg, J., Ratnadass, A., Cugala, D., Matama-Kauma, T., Pallangyo, B., Conlong, D. & Defabachew, B. 2011. Morphological reinforcement, ancient introgressive hybridization and species delimiation in African stem-borer species of the genus Sesamia Guenee (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Systematic Entomology 36: 421-434. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00570.x. . Reference page. 

2013

• Delobel, A., Anton, K.-W., Le Ru, B. & Kergoat, G.J. 2013. Morphology, biology and phylogeny of African seed beetles belonging to the Bruchidius ituriensis species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Genus 24(1): 39–63. PDF. Reference page. 

2014

• Le Ru, B., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Toussaint, E.F.A., Conlong, D., Van den Berg, J., Pallangyo, B., Ong’amo, G., Chipabika, G., Molo, R., Overholt, W.A., Cuda, J.A. & Kergoat, G.J. 2014. Integrative taxonomy of Acrapex stem borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini): combining morphology and Poisson Tree Process analyses. Invertebrate systematics 28(5): 451–475. DOI: 10.1071/IS13062 Reference page. 
• Le Ru, B.P., Delobel, A., György, Z., Genson, G. & Kergoat, G.J. 2014. Taxonomy, host-plant associations and phylogeny of African Crotalaria-feeding seed beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae): the Conicobruchus strangulatus (Fåhraeus) species group. Zootaxa 3895(2): 238–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.2.6 Reference page. 

2015

• Delobel, A. & Le Ru, B. 2015. New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 261–272. PDF. Reference page. 
• Delobel, A., Le Ru, B., Genson, G., Musyoka, B.K. & Kergoat, G.J. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics, systematics and host-plant associations of the Bruchidius albosparsus (Fåhraeus) species group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 3931(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kergoat, G.J., Toussaint, E.F.A., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Clamens, A.-L., Ong'amo, G., Conlong, D., Van den Berg, J., Cugala, D., Pallangyo, B., Mubenga, O., Chipabika, G., Ndemah, R., Sezonlin, M., Bani, G., Molo, R., Ali, A., Calatayud, P.-A., Kaiser, L., Silvain, J.-F. & Le Ru, B. 2015. Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species related to the Mediterranean corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Sesamiina). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2): 244-270. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12275. . Reference page. 
• Le Ru, B., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Conlong, D., Pallangyo, B., Van den Berg, J., Ong'amo, G. & Kergoat, G.J. 2015. A revision of the genus Conicofrontia Hampson (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Apameini, Sesamiina), with description of a new species: new insights from morphological, ecological and molecular data. Zootaxa 3925(1): 56–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.4 Reference page. 

2017

• Kaiser, L., Fernandez-Triana, J., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Chantre, C., Bodet, M., Kaoula, F., Benoist, R., Calatayud, P-A., Dupas, S., Herniou, E.A., Jeannette, R., Obonyo, J., Silvain, J-F. & Le Ru, B. 2017. Systematics and biology of Cotesia typhae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a potential biological control agent against the noctuid Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides. ZooKeys 682: 105–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.682.13016. Reference page. 
• Le Ru, B,, Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Musyoka, B.K., Pallangyo, B., Njaku, M., Goftishu, M., Assefa, Y., Sezonlin, M., Ong'amo, G. & Kergoat, G.J. 2017. Phylogeny and systematics of the Acrapex apicestriata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) species complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini, Sesamiina) with the description of eight new species from the Afrotropics. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 53(2): 106–130. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2017.1320586. Reference page. 
• Le Ru, B,, Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Musyoka, B.K., Goftishu, M., Assefa, Y., Ndemah, R., Molo, R., Chipabika, G., Conlong, D., Ong'amo, G. & Kergoat, G.J. 2017. Molecular phylogenetics and definition of the Acrapex minima Janse group (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Apameini, Sesamiina) with the description of four new species from the Afrotropics Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 53(4): 219–235. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2017.1332959 Reference page. 
• Le Ru, B,, Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Musyoka, B.K., Pallangyo, B., Njaku, M., Mubenga, O., Chipabika, G., Ndemah, R., Bani, G., Ong'amo, G. & Kergoat, G.J. 2017. Phylogenetic analysis and systematics of the Acrapex unicolora Hampson species complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini), with the description of five new species from the Afrotropics. European Journal of Taxonomy 270: 1–36. DOI: 10.5852/EJT.2017.270 Reference page. 

2020

• Le Ru, B., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Musyoka, B.K., Palangyo, B., Njaku, M., Goftishu, M., Assefa, Y., Chipabika, G., Conlong, D., Ong’amo, G., Barbut, J. & Kergoat, G.J. 2020. Toward an understanding of the systematics and evolution of the genus Acrapex Hampson, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): molecular phylogenetics of the genus and review of the species-rich Acrapex aenigma group. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 56(1): 29–91. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2019.1708211 . Reference page. 

2022

• Le Ru, B., Hévin, N. M.-C., Capdevielle-Dulac, C., Musyoka, B.K., Sezonlin, M., Conlong, D., van den Berg, J., Ndemah, R., Le Gall, P., Cugala, D., Nyamukondiwa, C., Pallangyo, B., Njaku, M., Goftishu, M., Assefa, Y., Bani, G., Molo, R., Chipapika, G., Ong’amo, G., Clamens, A.-L., Barbut, J. & Kergoat, G.J. 2022. Phylogenetics, integrative taxonomy and systematics of the Sesamia cretica species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina), with the description of 21 new species from the Afrotropical region. Annales de la Société entomologique de France NS 58(5): 387–454. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2113341. . Reference page.