Bruchus rufimanus (bean beetle, bean seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchus rufimanus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Part	Season
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	flowering plants		Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/	Magnoliopsida	flowering plants	pollen?	(5-6(-8)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Cicer arietinum	Chick Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cicer arietinum/	Cicer arietinum	chick pea	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Cicer arietinum	Chick Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cicer arietinum/	Cicer arietinum	chick pea	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lathyrus	peas	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus/	Lathyrus	peas	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Lathyrus	peas	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus/	Lathyrus	peas	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lens culinaris	Lentil	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lens culinaris/	Lens culinaris	lentil	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Lens culinaris	Lentil	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lens culinaris/	Lens culinaris	lentil	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lupinus angustifolius	Narrow-leaved Lupin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus angustifolius/	Lupinus angustifolius	narrow-leaved lupin	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Lupinus angustifolius	Narrow-leaved Lupin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus angustifolius/	Lupinus angustifolius	narrow-leaved lupin	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus (Bot.)/	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus (Bot.)/	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Pisum sativum	Garden Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Pisum sativum/	Pisum sativum	garden pea	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Pisum sativum	Garden Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Pisum sativum/	Pisum sativum	garden pea	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches	seed
adult	adult overwinters under bark	[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	adult	Plant / hibernates / under	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs	bark	(9-4)

Interactions where Bruchus rufimanus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Stage	Summary
egg is predated by	Pyemotes ventricosus	Hay Itch Mite	Trombidiformes: Pyemotidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Pyemotidae/Pyemotes ventricosus/	Pyemotes ventricosus	hay itch mite		Animal / predator	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	egg	is predator of egg
is parasitoid host of larva	Tetrastichus bruchopfagi	(A Chalcid Wasp)	Hymenoptera: Eulophidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eulophidae/Tetrastichus bruchopfagi/	Tetrastichus bruchopfagi	(a chalcid wasp)	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus acutus/	Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of
is ectoparasitoid host of larva	Dinarmus basalis	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus basalis/	Dinarmus basalis	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is ectoparasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Dinarmus magnus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus magnus/	Dinarmus magnus	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Lariophagus distinguendus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Lariophagus distinguendus/	Lariophagus distinguendus	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Stenomalina micans	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Stenomalina micans/	Stenomalina micans	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of
egg is endoparasitoid host of larva	Uscana semifumipennis	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Uscana semifumipennis/	Uscana semifumipennis	a chalcid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	egg	larva is endoparasitoid of egg
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis gibberosus	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis gibberosus/	Triaspis gibberosus	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis luteipes	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis luteipes/	Triaspis luteipes	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis pallidipes	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis pallidipes/	Triaspis pallidipes	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis primus	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis primus/	Triaspis primus	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis similis	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis similis/	Triaspis similis	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis stictostiba	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis stictostiba/	Triaspis stictostiba	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis thoracicus	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis thoracicus/	Triaspis thoracicus	a braconid wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle	larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva	Chremylus rubiginosus	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Chremylus rubiginosus/	Chremylus rubiginosus	a death wasp	larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufimanus/	Bruchus rufimanus	bean beetle, bean seed beetle		larva is parasitoid of

Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BRUCHINAE
(seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

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Species	Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle)
Genus	Bruchus (a genus of seed beetles)
Subfamily	BRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bruchus rufimanus Boheman, 1833
(Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle)

Interactions where Bruchus rufimanus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Bruchus rufimanus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bruchus rufimanus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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