Bruchidius cisti (a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchidius cisti is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive Part	Season
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Campanula glomerata	Clustered Bellflower	Asterales: Campanulaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Campanula glomerata/	Campanula glomerata	clustered bellflower		pollen?	(4-)6-7(-9)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Coronilla scorpioides	Annual Scorpion-vetch	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Coronilla scorpioides/	Coronilla scorpioides	annual scorpion-vetch		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Coronilla scorpioides	Annual Scorpion-vetch	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Coronilla scorpioides/	Coronilla scorpioides	annual scorpion-vetch		pod wall
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom		pollen?	(4-)6-7(-9)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom		pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Genista	a genus of brooms	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Genista	a genus of brooms	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms		pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Laburnum alpinum	Scottish Laburnum	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Laburnum alpinum/	Laburnum alpinum	scottish laburnum	?	seed
larva	larva feeds within pod wall	Laburnum alpinum	Scottish Laburnum	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Laburnum alpinum/	Laburnum alpinum	scottish laburnum	?	pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Laburnum anagyroides	Laburnum	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Laburnum anagyroides/	Laburnum anagyroides	laburnum		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Laburnum anagyroides	Laburnum	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Laburnum anagyroides/	Laburnum anagyroides	laburnum		pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lotus corniculatus	Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus corniculatus/	Lotus corniculatus	common bird's-foot-trefoil, eggs-and-bacon		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Lotus corniculatus	Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus corniculatus/	Lotus corniculatus	common bird's-foot-trefoil, eggs-and-bacon		pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Robinia pseudoacacia	False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/	Robinia pseudoacacia	false acacia, false-acacia, locust tree	?	seed
larva	larva feeds within pod wall	Robinia pseudoacacia	False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/	Robinia pseudoacacia	false acacia, false-acacia, locust tree	?	pod wall
larva	larva feeds within seed	Onobrychis viciifolia	Sainfoin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Onobrychis viciifolia/	Onobrychis viciifolia	sainfoin		seed
larva	larva mines pod wall	Onobrychis viciifolia	Sainfoin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / miner	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Onobrychis viciifolia/	Onobrychis viciifolia	sainfoin		pod wall
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Galium verum	Lady’S Bedstraw	Gentianales: Rubiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/	Galium verum	lady’s bedstraw		pollen?	(4-)6-7(-9)
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Helianthemum nummularium	Common Rockrose	Malvales: Cistaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/	Helianthemum nummularium	common rockrose		pollen?	(4-)6-7(-9)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Species	Bruchidius cisti (a seed beetle)
Genus	Bruchidius (a genus of seed beetles)
Subfamily	BRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bruchidius cisti (Fabricius, 1775)
(a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchidius cisti is the controlling partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Bruchidius cisti is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bruchidius cisti is also a member of:

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is parasitoid host of larva			Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus acutus/	Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle								larva is parasitoid of
		egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva			Uscana senex	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Uscana senex/	Uscana senex	a chalcid wasp		solitary		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/	Bruchidius cisti	a seed beetle				egg				solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg