BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bruchidius olivaceus (Germar, 1824) (a seed beetle)
Suggested Literature
Bruchidius olivaceus may be covered by literature listed under:
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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
Bruchidius olivaceus is associated with:
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adult | Magnoliopsida - flowering plants | adult feeds on pollen | Cox, M.L., 2007b | |
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adult | Spiraea - brideworts and steeple bushes (Rosaceae) | adult feeds on pollen | Cox, M.L., 2007b | |
| larva | Hippocrepis emerus - Scorpion Senna (Fabaceae) | larva feeds within seed | 
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Cox, M.L., 2007b | |
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larva | Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin (Fabaceae) | larva feeds within seed | 
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Cox, M.L., 2007b Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
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larva | Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin (Fabaceae) | larva hibernates inside seed |
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Cox, M.L., 2007b |
There may be more taxa associated with Bruchidius olivaceus listed at higher taxonomic level
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COLEOPTERA (beetles) |
Associated with Bruchidius olivaceus:
| egg | egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva | Uscana senex (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) | 
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Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland: http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm |
Bruchidius olivaceus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
COLEOPTERA (beetles) |
References
| Bullock, J.A., 1992 | Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations |
| 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 |
