Tuda Midori
Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Biological Control, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Zoolog Sci. 2008 Apr;25(4):451-4. doi: 10.2108/zsj.25.451.
A new species, Bruchidius paicus (Insecta, Coleoptera) reared from the seeds of a leguminous tree, Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Ingeae), is described from Northern Thailand. Inspection of genital and external morphological traits of B. paicus revealed that the new species belongs to Bruchidius Group 5 (sensu ). The definition of Group 5 is reviewed based on both external and genital morphology. Further comparison of the group to molecular Clade I of Bruchidius (sensu ) indicates the two groups correspond to each other.