Bruchidius dilutus (Motschulsky, 1874)

Ghahari, Hassan & Borowiec, Lech, 2017, A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4268 (2), pp. 215-237 : 220

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016212
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scientific name	Bruchidius dilutus (Motschulsky, 1874)
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Bruchidius fulvus (Allard, 1883) .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan, Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Anton 1998 as B. fulvus ), Southern Khorasan ( Esmaili et al. 2011 as B. fulvus ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Decelle & Lodos 1989 as B. fulvus ).

General distribution. Egypt, Libya, central Asia and the Middle East, known also from the Oriental Region.

Comments. Bruchidius dilutus was reported under name B. fulvus as as biological control agent of camelthorn weed ( Alhagi camelorum Fisch. , Fabaceae ) in Birjand region , Southern Khorasan by Esmaili et al. (2011).

References

Esmaili, A., Moodi, S., Alichi, M. & Tareghyan, M. R. (2011) Host preference of Bruchidius fulvus Allard. (Col., Bruchidae), a biological control agent of camelthorn, on some plant species from Fabaceae. Journal of Entomological Research, 2 (4), 251 - 257.

Anton, K. - W. (1998) Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran, 1970, 1973 and 1977. Coleoptera Bruchidae. Casopis Narodniho Muzea Rada Prirodovedna, 167 (1 - 4), 73 - 90.

Decelle, J. & Lodos, N. (1989) Contribution to the knowledge of the legume weevils of Turkey (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe royale belge d'Entomologie, 125, 163 - 212.