单词 | bruchid |
释义 | bruchidn. Entomology. Any of the numerous small beetles constituting the subfamily Bruchinae (family Chrysomelidae), having larvae which develop within a single bean or seed. Also bruchid beetle. Also called bean weevil, seed beetle.Formerly regarded as a kind of weevil, and placed in a separate family Bruchidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Bruchiidae or Lariidae > member of genus Bruchus > bruchus varicornis (bean-weevil) seed beetle1771 bean weevil1870 bruchid1890 1890 Indian Museum Notes 1 No. 4, 208 The large grey Bruchid which attacks stored peas in Calcutta, eating out the interior of the pea and leaving little more than an empty skin. 1921 Rep. Entomologist 1921 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 24 Investigations are underway of three species of bruchids of much importance to algaroba. 1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles of Brit. Isles II. 179 As in most of these Bruchids, the basal joints of the antennae are yellow. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 37 A pair of small bruchid beetles can produce about eighty offspring with equal numbers of male and females. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1890 |
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