Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy, 1785)

Ghahari, Hassan & Borowiec, Lech, 2017, A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4268 (2), pp. 215-237 : 218

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scientific name	Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy, 1785)
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Distribution in Iran. Alborz, East Azarbaijan ( Delobel 2011), Fars ( Valai et al. 2013), Guilan ( Sakenin et al. 2009), Isfahan ( Yarmand et al. 2006; Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011), Razavi Khorasan ( Hooshmand 1991; Modarres Awal 1997; Mahdizadeh et al. 2014), Tehran ( Borowiec 1991; Borowiec & Anton 1993; Anton 1998), Iran (no locality cited) ( Decelle 1983; Borowiec 1985a, 1987b; Taghizadeh et al. 2010).

General distribution. Widespread in whole Palaearctic region ( Anton 2010; Augul & Al-Saffar 2016).

Host records. Calendula officinalis L. ( Asteraceae ) ( Yarmand et al. 2006), sorghum ( Taghizadeh et al. 2010), Lavandula angustifolia Mill. , Rosmarinus officinalis L. (both Lamiaceae ) ( Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011), Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae ) ( Valai et al. 2013; Mahdizadeh et al. 2014).

Comments. Modarres Awal (1997) reported apple, cherry, horary cress, morning glory, and pear as the hosts of S. sericeus . In Bruchinae many adults feed on various flowers but as true hosts we consider only those plant species where in seeds larvae develop.

References

Modarres Awal, M. (1997) Bruchidae. In: Modarres Awal, M. (Ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, pp. 130 - 131.

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.

Anton, K. - W. (2010) Bruchinae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Fol. 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 347 - 353

Augul, R. S. & Al-Saffar, H. H. (2016) Survey of Coleopteran insects on alfalfa plant. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 5 (3), 792 - 801.

Bagheri, M. R. & Nasr Isfahani, M. (2011) The fauna of harmful and beneficial arthropods of medicinal and range plants in Isfahan. Journal of Entomological Research, 3 (2), 119 - 132. [in Persian, English summary]

Borowiec, L. (1985 a) Notes on the Palaearctic Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Amblycerinae), with description of two new species. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 55, 3 - 24.

Borowiec, L. (1987 b) The seed-beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae) from the Middle East. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 57, 601 - 616.

Borowiec, L. (1991) Revision of the genus Spermophagus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae). Genus (supplement). Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw, 198 pp.

Borowiec, L. & Anton, K. - W. (1993) Materials to the knowledge of seed beetles of the Mediterranean Subregion (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museumin Bytom Entomology, 4, 99 - 152.

Decelle, J. (1983) Le genre Spermophagus Schonherr en Europe occidentale (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Amblycerinae). Bulletin de la entomologique de France, 88, 235 - 241.

Delobel, A. (2011) Various species of Spermophagus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 103, 107 - 116.

Hooshmand, H. (1991) Seed beetle, Spermophagus sericeus Geoffr. (Col.: Bruchidae). Proceedings of 10 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 1991, 84.

Mahdizadeh, M., Asadi, Gh. & Delobel, A. (2014) First report of Spermophagus sericeus as biological control agent of field bindweed from Iran. Proceedings of 3 rd Iranian Pest Management Congress, 2014, 42 - 44.

Sakenin, H., Ghahari, H., Tabari, M., Imani, S. & Ostovan, H. (2009) Fauna of some beetles (Coleoptera) in north rice fields of Iran. Journal of Agronomy Sciences, 2 (3), 79 - 90.

Taghizadeh, M., Javadzadeh, M., Rahimi, H., Bagheri, M. R. & Modarres Najaf Abadi, S. S. (2010) The investigation on the incidence of panicle insect pests of sorghum in Iran. Proceedings of 19 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 2010, 140.

Valai, N., Hosseini, Z. & Alichi, M. (2013) First record of Spermophagus sericeus (Col.: Bruchidae) as the biological control agent of Convolvulus arvensis L. in Fars province, Iran. Proceedings of 2 nd National Congress of Organic Agriculture, 2013, 1 - 5.

Yarmand, H., Sadeghi, S. E., Mohammadi, M., Seyed Ebrahimi, S. & Seif Allahi, A. R. (2006) Survey of arthropods associated with range medicinal plants in Tehran, Ghazvin and Isfahan provinces. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 3 (2), 107 - 128.