Bruchophagus

Bruchophagus
Bruchophagus roddi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eurytomidae
Subfamily: Eurytominae
Genus: Bruchophagus

Bruchophagus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae.[1] Recent phylogenomic study have shown that the genus is paraphyletic.[2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1] Bruchophagus is known to feed on the seeds of plants in the Fabaceae family.[3]

Species

Species:[1]

  • Bruchophagus abnormis Zerova, 1984
  • Bruchophagus abscedus Askew, 2019
  • Bruchophagus acaciae (Cameron, 1910)
  • Bruchophagus fellis (Girault, 1928)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Zhang, Y. Miles; Delvare, Gérard; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Cruaud, Astrid; Rasplus, Jean-Yves; Brady, Seán G.; Gates, Michael W. (2025). "Phasing in and out of phytophagy: Phylogeny and evolution of the family Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) based on Ultraconserved Elements". Systematic Entomology. 50 (4): 780–793. doi:10.1111/syen.12682. ISSN 1365-3113.
  3. ↑ Park, Duk-Young; Yang, Woosoon; Lee, Seunghwan (2025-03-01). "First discovery of Bruchophagus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) in South Korea, with a description of new species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 28 (1) 102364. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102364. ISSN 1226-8615.