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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae)

Subfamily Bruchinae - Pea and Bean Weevils

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Small Beetle - Bruchus brachialis Peering into the Void - Gibbobruchus mimus beetle - Bruchus brachialis Bruchinae - Mimosestes protractus Coleoptera - Gibbobruchus mimus Sennius guttifer (Sharp) - Sennius guttifer Amblycerus robiniae Bruchid - Pachymerus nucleorum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly (and sometimes still) treated as a family of its own, Bruchidae(1); see classification below
Numbers
ca. 150 spp. in 24 genera in our area, 760 spp. in the New World, about 1350 worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed inside seeds and pupate inside them. Adults generally oviposit on fully developed seeds, but some do it on the flowers or young fruits.
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
By J.M. Kingsolver
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 March, 2005 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, McClarinJ, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 14 October, 2010 - 5:40pm

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