New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

Alex Delobel, Bruno Le Ru

Pages	261-272
Citation	DELOBEL, Alex a RU, Bruno Le. New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2015, 55(1), 261-272. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/55-1/new-bruchidius-species-reared-from-vachellia-fabaceae-mimosoideae-acacieae-seeds-from-eastern-and-southern-africa-coleoptera-chrysomelidae-bruchinae

Pages

261-272

Citation

DELOBEL, Alex a RU, Bruno Le. New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2015, 55(1), 261-272. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/55-1/new-bruchidius-species-reared-from-vachellia-fabaceae-mimosoideae-acacieae-seeds-from-eastern-and-southern-africa-coleoptera-chrysomelidae-bruchinae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2015/55/1

Descriptions of the following new species reared from seeds of various Vachellia species (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) are presented: Bruchidius horridus sp. nov. from V. horrida (L.) Willd., B. quadrispinosus sp. nov. from V. xanthophloea (L.) Willd., B. tumidulus sp. nov. from V. seyal (Del.) P. I. H. Hurter, V. nilotica subulata (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr and V. lahal (Steud. & Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., all from Kenya, and B. spathiger sp. nov. from V. etbaica Hayne, V. karroo Schweinf. and V. tenuispina Verdoorn from Kenya, Zimbabwe, and the Republic of South Africa, respectively.

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