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New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

  • 1. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France; e-mail: delobel.alex@aliceadsl.fr
  • 2. African Insect Science for Food and Health (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya; e-mail: bleru@icipe.org

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Delobel, Alex, Ru, Bruno Le (2015): New Bruchidius species reared from Vachellia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Acacieae) seeds from Eastern and Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1): 261-272, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5302702

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