New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
Delobel Alex, Le Ru Bruno
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 261-272, 2015
Published in print: 1st June 2015
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Abstract: 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.
Key words: Coleoptera, Bruchinae, Bruchidius, seed beetles, entomology, taxonomy, host plant, Vachellia, Acacieae, Afrotropical Region