Bruchophagus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Eurytomidae
- Genus
- Bruchophagus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Bruchophagus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bruchophagus
Bruchophagus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Bruchophagus is a genus of small wasps in the family Eurytomidae. These wasps are primarily seed predators, meaning their larvae develop inside seeds, feeding on them from within. Many species in this genus are agricultural pests because they infest the seeds of important crops like alfalfa, clover, and other legumes.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aiolomorphus
- Axanthosoma
- Axima
- Aximopsis
- Bephrata
- Bephratelloides
- Bephratoides
- Bruchophagus
- Cathilaria
- Chryseida
- Endobia
- Eurytoma
- Exeurytoma
- Ficomila
- Foutsia
- Houstonia
- Isosomodes
- Kavayva
- Khamul
- Mangoma
- Philolema
- Phylloxeroxenus
- Prodecatoma
- Pseudotetramesa
- Risbecoma
- Stigmeurytoma
- Syceurytoma
- Sycophila
- Systole
- Tenuipetiolus
- Tetramesa
Child Taxa
- Bruchophagus acaciae
- Bruchophagus astragali
- Bruchophagus dorycnii
- Bruchophagus fellis
- Bruchophagus gibbus
- Bruchophagus hippocrepidis
- Bruchophagus medicaginis
- Bruchophagus mexicanus
- Bruchophagus oxytropidis
- Bruchophagus platypterus
- Bruchophagus ponticus
- Bruchophagus robiniae
- Bruchophagus roddi
- Bruchophagus scaposus
- Bruchophagus seravschanicus
- Bruchophagus sophorae
- Bruchophagus tauricus
- Nikanoria stepicola