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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle)
GenusBruchus (a genus of seed beetles)
SubfamilyBRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle) :
1: Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle)
1 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - face and antennae - anterior viewImage 3: Adult - face - anterior viewImage 4: Adult - head and thorax - lateral viewImage 5: Adult - thorax and elytra - close-upImage 6: Adult - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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, Spanish Bean Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 32 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bruchus rufimanus (Bean Beetle, Bean Seed Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle)
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