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A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran

Young Researchers and Elites Club, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Zoological Institute, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland.
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Bruchinae seed-beetle checklist Iran

Abstract

The fauna of Iranian Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is summarized in this paper. In total 117 species from 14 genera (Spermophagus Schoenherr, Zabrotes Horn, Acanthobruchidius Borowiec, Acanthoscelides Schilsky, Bruchidius Schilsky, Callosobruchus Pic, Mimosestes Bridwell, Paleoacanthoscelides Borowiec, Palaeobruchidius Egorov, Specularius Bridwell, Stator Bridwell, Bruchus Linnaeus, Caryedon Schoenherr, Rhaebus Fischer von Waldheim) are listed as the fauna of Iran.

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