Abstract
The Bruchidae, made up of nearly 1400 species of bean and pea beetles, are major pests of seeds of both cultivated and wild leguminous plants throughout the tropics. Many of the species are well-known for the characteristic injury which their larvae cause in seeds of beans, peas and lentils, while others attack palm kernels, groundnuts and other oil seeds and nuts. Although they are frequently, and erroneously, referred to as ‘weevils’, they do not belong to the Curculionionoidea and do not possess the characters of weevils; they are better referred to as legume or bean beetles.
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Taylor, T.A. (1981). Distribution, Ecology and Importance of Bruchids Attacking Grain Legumes and Pulses in Africa. In: Labeyrie, V. (eds) The Ecology of Bruchids Attacking Legumes (Pulses). Series Entomologica, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3286-4_20
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