Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 3599 No. 6: 10 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.3
Page range: 535–548
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 21

A new genus and species of Bruchinae, with a key to the genera from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Department of Entomology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Department of Entomology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Coleoptera seed beetle morphology taxonomy biocontrol pest species

Abstract

A new genus of Bruchinae, Buburra Reid & Beatson, is erected for a single new species, B. jeanae Reid & Beatson. Buburra is endemic to Australia where it is known from a single site at high altitude in Victoria. The hostplant is unknown. Buburra is placed in the tribe Pachymerini. A key is provided for identification of the 12 genera of Bruchinae in Australia, including Caryotrypes Decelle, 1968, recorded from Australia for the first time. Five Australian species described in Bruchus Linneus, 1767, are newly transferred to Bruchidius Schilsky, 1905: Bruchidius diversipes (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. maestus (Lea, 1899) comb. nov.; B. oodnadattae (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. persimulans (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov.; B. quornensis (Blackburn, 1900) comb. nov. A checklist is provided for the species of Bruchinae in Australia.

References

  1. Anonymous (2001) Mount Buffalo Plateau vegetation map and guide. Parks Victoria, Melbourne. [unpaginated folding map]

    Anton, K.-W. (1999a) Notes on Caryotrypes Decelle, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerinae). Genus, 10(1), 59–63.

    Anton, K.-W. (1999b) Three new species of Spermophagus Schoenherr, 1833, from Thailand, with notes on synonymy of S. perpastus (Lea) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Genus, 10(1), 73–80.

    Anton, K.-W. (1999c) Revision of the genus Sulcobruchus Chujo 1937, and description of Parasulcobruchus nov. gen. (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Bruchinae). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 31(2), 629–650.

    Anton, K.-W. (2000) Five new species of the Callosobruchus chinensis group from the Oriental Region and Australia (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Bruchinae). Genus, 11(1), 13–28.

    Anton, K.-W. & Delobel, A. (2003) African species of the Bruchidius centromaculatus group with “eyed” female pygidium (Coleoptera; Bruchidae: Bruchinae). Genus, 14, 159–190.

    Atlas of Living Australia (2012) Acacia alpina: alpine wattle. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Acacia+alpina (accessed August 2012)

    Blackburn, T. (1900) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species, 26. Transactions of the royal Society of South Australia, 24, 35–68.

    Blake, B.J. & Reid, J. (1999) Pallanganmiddang: a language of the Upper Murray. Aboriginal History, 23, 15–31.

    Blanchard, C.E. (1845) Communications. Bruchus (Pachymerus) pandani. Annales de la Sociétè entomologique de France, 3(2), IV–V.

    Borowiec, L. (1987) The genera of seed beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 57, 3–207.

    Borowiec, L. (1991) Revision of the genus Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Genus (unnumbered supplement), 1–198.

    Brooks, JG. (1969) Records of Coleoptera from Australia. Journal of the Australian entomological Society, 8, 211–2.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00759.x

    Costermans, L.F. (2009) Native trees and shrubs of southeastern Australia. Reed New Holland, Melbourne, 432pp.

    Decelle, J. (1968) Nouveaux genres et especes de Caryedontini (Col. Bruchidae Pachymerinae) d’Afrique et de Madagascar. Bulletin et Annales de la Société royale d’entomologie de Belgique, 104, 413–426.

    Delobel, A. & Legalov, A. (2009) A new species of Kytorhinus Fisch.-Wald. from Western Pamir (Coleoptera: Bruchinae). Genus, 20(1), 71–6.

    Delobel, A., Sembène, M., Fédière, G. & Roguet, D. (2003) Identity of the groundnut and tamarind seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerinae), with the restoration of Caryedon gonagra (F.). Annales de la Sociétè entomologique de France, 39(3), 197–206.

    Grey, P. & Grey, M. (1998) (eds) Mount Buffalo centenary issue. The Victorian Naturalist, 115(5), 157–256, plates 1–7.

    Heard, T.A. (2012) Mimosa pigra L. – mimosa. pp. 378–397, in: Julien, M., McFadyen, R. & Cullen, J. (eds) Biological control of weeds in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

    Johnson, C.D. (1983) Ecosystematics of Acanthoscelides (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) of southern Mexico and Central America. Miscellaneous Publications of the American entomological Society, 56, 1–370.

    Johnson, C.D., Southgate, B.J. & Delobel, A. (2004) A revision of the Caryedontini (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerinae) of Africa and the Middle East. Memoirs of the American entomological Society, 44, 1–120.

    Julien, M.H. & Griffiths, M. W. (1998) Biological control of weeds: a world catalogue of agents and their target weeds, 4th edition. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, 223 pp.

    Julien, M., McFadyen, R. & Cullen, J. (2012) Biological control of weeds in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 648pp.

    Kergoat, G., Delobel, A., Le Ru, B. & Silvain, J.-F. (2008) Seed beetles in the age of the molecule: recent advances on systematics and host-plant association patterns, pp. 59–86 in: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J. & Schmitt, M. (eds) Research on Chrysomelidae Volume 1, Brill, Leiden.

    Kergoat, G.J., Le Ru, B.P., Genson, G., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A. & Delobel, A. (2011) Phylogenetics, species boundaries and timing of resource tracking in a highly specialized group of seed beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 59, 746–760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.014

    Kingsolver, J.M. (1971) Description of a new seed beetle from Australia (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Journal of the Australian entomological Society, 10, 179–182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00029.x

    van Klinken, R.D. (2012) Prosopis spp. – mesquite. pp. 477–485, in: Julien, M., McFadyen, R. & Cullen, J. (eds) Biological control of weeds in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

    van Klinken, R.D. & Heard, T.A. (2012) Parkinsonia aculeata L. – parkinsonia. pp. 437–447, in: Julien, M., McFadyen, R. & Cullen, J. (eds) Biological control of weeds in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

    Lambrides, C.J. & Imrie, B.C. (2000) Susceptibility of mungbean varieties to the bruchid species Callosobruchus maculatus (F.), C. phaseoli (Gyll.), C. chinensis (L.) and Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 51(1), 85–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AR99051

    Lawrence, J.F., Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. & Slipinski, S. A. (2010) Chapter 2. Glossary of Morphological Terms. pp. 9–20. In: Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G. & J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera Volume 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichformia, Cucujiformia partim). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.

    Lea, A.M. (1898) Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera, part 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23, 521–645.

    Matthews, E.G. & Reid, C.A.M. (2002) A guide to the beetles of South Australia, part 8. Polyphaga: Chrysomeloidea: Chrysomelidae. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 64pp.

    Nilsson, J.A. & Johnson, C.D. (1993) A taxonomic revision of the palm bruchids (Pachymerinae) and a description of the world genera of Pachymerinae. Memoirs of the American entomological Society, 41, 1–104.

    Orchard, A.E. (1999) Introduction. Flora of Australia, 1 (3rd edition), 1–11.

    Palmer, B., Lockett, C. & Dileepan, K. (2012) Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan – prickly acacia. pp. 18–28 in: Julien, M., McFadyen, R. & Cullen, J. (eds) Biological control of weeds in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

    Poinar, G. (2005) A cretaceous palm bruchid, Mesopachymerus antiqua, n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerini) and biogeographical implications. Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington, 107(2), 392–397.

    Reid, C.A.M. (1995) A cladistic analysis of subfamilial relationships in the Chrysomelidae sensu lato (Chrysomeloidea), pp. 559–631, in Pakaluk, J. & Slipinski, S.A. (eds) Biology, phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera. Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.

    Reid, C.A.M. (2000) Spilopyrinae Chapuis: a new subfamily in the Chrysomelidae and its systematic placement (Coleoptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 14, 837–862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IT00042

    Southgate, B.J. (1979) Biology of the Bruchidae. Annual Review of Entomology, 24, 449–473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.en.24.010179.002313

    Udayagiri, S. & Wadhi, S.R. (1989) Catalog of Bruchidae. Memoirs of the American entomological Institute, 45, 1–301.