Identification of seed feeder Bruchidae of pasture legumes in East Azabaijan province (Short Communication)

NIKDEL, M.; FATHALIZADEH, A.; MONIRI, V. R.

doi:10.22092/jaep.2016.106124

Document Type : Agricultural Entomology

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https://doi.org/10.22092/jaep.2016.106124

Abstract

In this study, infected seeds of pasture legume plants (Fabaceae) were collected from different regions in East-Azarbayjan province during 2010-2013. Host plants and their seed feeder pests were determined by field collecting and laboratory rearing of insects on the respective hosts. Thus, a total of 124 legume specimense (belonging to 32 species) were collected from 7 sites across rangelands of which 71 specimense (belonging to 26 species) was positive for seed-eating insects. Based on identification study, many extracted granivores from infected seeds, were Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. Among the seed-eating species, 13 Bruchidae species belonging to 3 genera (Bruchidius, Bruchus and Paleoacanthoscelides) were identified as follows: Bruchidius annulicornis (Allard), Bruchidius longulus Schilsky, Bruchidius nanus (Germar), Bruchidius pusillus (Germar), Bruchidius sp., Bruchus nikdeli Delobel & Sadeghi, Bruchus emarginatus Allard, Bruchus hamatus Miller, Bruchus concinnus Klug, Bruchus sibiricus Germar, Bruchus libanensis Zampetti, Bruchus lugubris Fahraeus, Paleoacanthoscelides gilvus (Gyllenhal).

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Identification of seed feeder Bruchidae of pasture legumes in East Azabaijan province (Short Communication)

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Volume 83, No. 2 - Serial Number 101
March 2016
Pages 269-274

Identification of seed feeder Bruchidae of pasture legumes in East Azabaijan province (Short Communication)

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Volume 83, No. 2 - Serial Number 101March 2016Pages 269-274

Volume 83, No. 2 - Serial Number 101
March 2016
Pages 269-274