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Bruchus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy

Bruchus was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775), Fabricius (1798); to Bruchelae by Latreille (1802); to Bruchidae by Scudder (1877), Scudder (1900); and to Bruchina by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species

B. aboriginalis, B. anilis, B. antaeus, B. bituminosus, B. bowditchi, B. carpophiloides, B. crassus, B. decrepitus, B. dormescens, B. exhumatus, B. henshawi, B. osborni, B. pisi, B. striolatus, B. succintus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1767	Bruchus Linnaeus p. 604
1775	Bruchus Fabricius p. 64
1776	Bruchus Müller p. 57
1796	Bruchus Latreille p. 53
1798	Bruchus Fabricius p. 158
1802	Bruchus Latreille p. 194
1877	Bruchus Scudder p. 759
1900	Bruchus Scudder p. 114
2011	Bruchus Bouchard et al. p. 507

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
—	Phytophaga
superfamily	Chrysomeloidea
family	Chrysomelidae	()
subfamily	Bruchinae	()
tribe	Bruchini
subtribe	Bruchina
genus	Bruchus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bruchus Linnaeus 1767

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†Bruchus aboriginalis Wickham 1914

†Bruchus anilis Scudder 1876

†Bruchus antaeus Wickham 1917

†Bruchus bituminosus Germar 1837

†Bruchus bowditchi Wickham 1912

†Bruchus carpophiloides Wickham 1914

†Bruchus crassus Förster 1891

†Bruchus decrepitus von Heyden 1858

†Bruchus dormescens Wickham 1913

†Bruchus exhumatus Wickham 1912

†Bruchus henshawi Wickham 1912

†Bruchus osborni Wickham 1912

Bruchus pisi Linnaeus 1758

†Bruchus striolatus Heer 1847

†Bruchus succintus Wickham 1913

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Sarmatian or 50.50000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	B. anilis (121146)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	B. bowditchi, B. osborni (106382) B. exhumatus (114150) B. exhumatus, B. antaeus, B. dormescens (124624) B. exhumatus, B. succintus (113749) B. henshawi (106381) B. henshawi, B. exhumatus, B. bowditchi, B. carpophiloides, B. aboriginalis (106384)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	B. decrepitus (113964)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	France	B. crassus (121474) B. pisi (121476)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Germany	B. bituminosus (118073)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	B. striolatus (115305)