''Bruchidius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

beetles Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the

bean weevil The bean weevils or seed beetles are a subfamily (Bruchinae) of weevils, which in turn are a subset of beetles. The Bruchinae now placed in the family Chrysomelidae, though they have historically been treated as a separate family. The subfamily ...

subfamily (Bruchinae) of the

leaf beetle The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

family, Chrysomelidae. Most are native to the

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

.Stojanova, A. M., et al. (2011)
A new seed beetle species to the Bulgarian fauna: ''Bruchidius siliquastri'', Delobel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae).
''Ecologia Balkanica'' 3(1) 117-19. The

larva A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase ...

e of these beetles often feed on plants of the legume family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. The species ''Bruchidius siliquastri'', for example, is a seed beetle named for its host, the Judas tree (''Cercis siliquastrum'').Kergoat, G. J., et al. (2007)
Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of seed-beetle infesting ''Cercis siliquastrum'' L. in China and in Europe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Bruchini).
''Ann Soc Entomol Fr'' 43(3) 265-71. It lives on other ''

Cercis ''Cercis'' is a genus of about 10 species in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the pea family (biology), family Fabaceae. It contains small deciduous trees or large shrubs commonly known as redbuds in the USA. They are characterised by simple, rou ...

'' species, as well. One of several groups within the genus, the ''B. centromaculatus'' group, are mostly limited to

acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

s.Anton, K. and A. Delobel. (2003)
African species of the ''Bruchidius centromaculatus'' group with “eyed” female pygidium (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Bruchinae).
''Genus'' 14(2) 159-90. The genus can also be found on plants of the carrot and parsley family, Apiaceae, and the

aster family Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fam ...

, Asteraceae. There are around 300 species in this genus. Species include: *'' Bruchidius antennatus'' (Wollastone, 1864) *'' Bruchidius biguttatus'' (Olivier, 1795) *''

Bruchidius brincki ''Bruchidius brincki'', is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Description Antennae short, and dark brown with blackish apical segment. Posterior legs are black. There is a large black area beyond the middle of elytra. Elytr ...

'' Decelle, 1975 *'' Bruchidius chloroticus'' (Dalman, 1833) *'' Bruchidius cisti'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Bruchidius endotubercularis'' *'' Bruchidius faroensis''Delobel, A. (2012)
Two new seed beetles from Cameroon (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae).
''Genus'' 23(3) 367-73. *'' Bruchidius holosericeus'' (Schönherr, 1832) *'' Bruchidius lichenicola'' (Wollaston, 1854) *'' Bruchidius lineatopygus'' *'' Bruchidius lutescens'' (Blanchard, 1844) *'' Bruchidius meridionalis'' Anton & Delobel, 2003 *'' Bruchidius nodieri'' *'' Bruchidius obscurevittatus'' *'' Bruchidius pauper'' (Boheman, 1829) *'' Bruchidius raddianae'' Anton & Delobel, 2003 *'' Bruchidius siliquastri'' Delobel, 2007 *'' Bruchidius simulans'' *'' Bruchidius unicolor'' (Olivier, 1795) *'' Bruchidius villosus'' (Fabricius, 1792) – Scotch broom bruchid

Gallery

File:Bruchidius buettikeri Decelle, 1979.png, '' Bruchidius buettikeri'' File:Bruchidius nalandus.png, '' Bruchidius nalandus'' File:Bruchidius nudus (Allard, 1868) (22748814836).png, '' Bruchidius nudus'' File:Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius 1792) (5142992820).png, '' Bruchidius villosus''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2926495 Chrysomelidae genera Bruchinae Taxa named by Friedrich Julius Schilsky