Identification of seed feeder Bruchidae of pasture legumes in East Azabaijan province (Short Communication)

In this study, infected seeds of pasture legume plants (Fabaceae) were collected from different regions in East-Azarbayjan province during 2010-2013. Host plants and their seed feeder pests were determined by field collecting and laboratory rearing of insects on the respective hosts. Thus, a total of 124 legume specimense (belonging to 32 species) were collected from 7 sites across rangelands of which 71 specimense (belonging to 26 species) was positive for seed-eating insects. Based on identification study, many extracted granivores from infected seeds, were Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. Among the seed-eating species, 13 Bruchidae species belonging to 3 genera (Bruchidius, Bruchus and Paleoacanthoscelides) were identified as follows: Bruchidius annulicornis (Allard), Bruchidius longulus Schilsky, Bruchidius nanus (Germar), Bruchidius pusillus (Germar), Bruchidius sp., Bruchus nikdeli Delobel & Sadeghi, Bruchus emarginatus Allard, Bruchus hamatus Miller, Bruchus concinnus Klug, Bruchus sibiricus Germar, Bruchus libanensis Zampetti, Bruchus lugubris Fahraeus, Paleoacanthoscelides gilvus (Gyllenhal).