| Bruchidius siliquastri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Bruchidius |
| Species: | B. siliquastri
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| Binomial name | |
| Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007
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Bruchidius siliquastri is a species of bean weevil.[1] It was first found in pods of Cercis siliquastrum in China, and has thence been found in several continents.[2][3] Its length ranges from 2.8 to 3.7 millimetres (0.11 to 0.15 in). Its body is short and ovate, with a black integument. The apex of its femora and the ventral part of its hind tarsi are reddish. Its vestiture is made of thin and short setae; dorsally setae are a whitish colour, denser on the scutellum. Its pygidium is also covered with setae.[1] Its name is derived from its host plant.
- ^ a b Kergoat, Gael Joseph; Delobel, Pierre; Delobel, Alex (2007). "Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of seed-beetle infesting Cercis siliquastrum L. in China and in Europe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae: Bruchini)" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 43 (3): 265–271. doi:10.1080/00379271.2007.10697522. ISSN 0037-9271. S2CID 55828609.
- ^ Gavrilović, Bojan; Savić, Dragiša (2013). "Invasive bruchid species Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007 and Megabruchidius tonkineus (Pic, 1914) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) new in the fauna of Serbia – review of the distribution, biology and host plants". Acta Entomologica Serbica. 18 (1/2): 129–136.
- ^ Barclay, Maxwell VL. "Bruchidius Siliquastri Delobel, 2007 (Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) new to Britain." The Coleopterist 23 (2014): 41-44.