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Acanthoscelides obtectus
(Common Bean Weevil, Dried Bean Beetle)
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Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Common Bean Weevil, Dried Bean Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Acanthoscelides obtectus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 BRUCHIDAE
(seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Acanthoscelides obtectus is associated with:

Photos larva Fabaceae - vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae larva feeds within stored seed Cox, M.L., 2007b

There may be more taxa associated with Acanthoscelides obtectus listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Acanthoscelides obtectus:

is ectoparasitoid host of larva Dinarmus basalis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Eupelmella vesicularis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Eupelmus cyaniceps cyaniceps (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Eurytoma bruchophaga (nom nud) (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Anisopteromalus calandrae - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Choetospila elegans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
is parasitoid host of larva Bracon vestiticida (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
egg egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Trichogramma evanescens (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
egg egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Uscana semifumipennis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
egg egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Uscana senex (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Horismenus depressus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Foreign Questionable Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Eupelmus cushmani (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Chryseida bennetti (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Torymus atheatus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Stenocorse bruchivoras (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Triaspis thoracicus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Horismenus depressus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Foreign Questionable Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Eupelmus cushmani (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Chryseida bennetti (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Torymus atheatus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm
pupa pupa is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Stenocorse bruchivoras (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Foreign Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

Acanthoscelides obtectus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

References

Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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