Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Socotra Island
Author
Delobel, Alex
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2012
2012-12-17
52
373
380
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5339503
0374-1036
5339503
Caryedon gonagra
(Fabricius, 1798)
Material examined
(
2 spec.
).
YEMEN
:
SOCOTRA ISLAND
:
Wadi Ayhaft
,
12°36′38″N
53°58′49″E
,
190 m
,
24.– 26.xi.2003
,
1♀
,
P.Kabátek
leg. (
NMPC
)
;
Aloove area
,
Hasan
vill.env.,
12°31.2′N
54°07.4′E
,
221 m
,
9.–10.xi.2010
,
1 ♀
,
L. Purchart
leg. (
NMPC
)
.
Distribution.
From Egypt to Australia, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
First record from
Socotra Island
.
Comments.
Caryedon gonagra
used to be confused with the groundnut seed beetle,
Caryedon serratus
(Olivier, 1790)
(differentiation in
DELOBEL et al. 2003
). Its larvae feed on seeds of various
Caesalpinioideae
, including tamarind (
Tamarindus indica
L.),
Gleditsia triacanthos
L.,
Senna didymobotrya
(Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby
, and various species of
Cassia
and
Bauhinia
; also reared on seeds of
Mimosoideae
such as
Acacia farnesiana
(L.) Willd.,
A. raddiana
Savi
,
Dichrostachys cinerea
Wight &Arn.
, and possibly also
Prosopis juliflora
(Sw.) DC.