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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Bruchus » Broadbean Weevil (Bruchus rufimanus)

Species Bruchus rufimanus - Broadbean Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Chrysomelidae - Acanthoscelides fraterculus - Pea and bean weevil - Bruchus rufimanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)

Tribe Bruchini

Genus Bruchus

Species rufimanus (Broadbean Weevil)

Other Common Names

Broadbean Beetle; the names 'Bean Beetle' and 'Bean Weevil' apply to several spp. and should not be used

Explanation of Names

Bruchus rufimanus Boheman 1833

Size

3.1–4.4 mm(1)

Identification

the basic pattern elements found in the pea weevil also expressed in this species,

but not as eye-catching (smaller spots, blurred by brownish hair around).

profemora reddish at least apically; pygidium lacks evident spots,

with dense yellowish pubescence.

for discrimination vs. B. affinis, see there.

Range

native to Africa(2), adventive and scattered throughout NA north to QC-SK, south to LA & CA(1)(3) Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002

Food

Stored beans; Phaseolus, Vicia, Lathyrus, Lupinus, Pisum, Lens, Cicer(2)

Internet References

Fact sheets: | | |

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).

2.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2014 - 12:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche
Last updated 9 October, 2022 - 9:37am

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