Bruchidius varius (Olivier, 1795)
(a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchidius varius 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 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
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Cirsium	thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/	Cirsium	thistle			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Galega officinalis	Goat’s-rue	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Galega officinalis/	Galega officinalis	goat's-rue							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Lotus corniculatus	Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus corniculatus/	Lotus corniculatus	common bird's-foot-trefoil, eggs-and-bacon							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			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 varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/	Robinia pseudoacacia	false acacia, false-acacia, locust tree							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium	clovers	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/	Trifolium	clovers							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium fragiferum	Strawberry Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium fragiferum/	Trifolium fragiferum	strawberry clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Trifolium medium	Zigzag Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium medium	Zigzag Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
larva		larva feeds within seed?			Trifolium medium	Zigzag Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			seed?
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Trifolium pratense	Red Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium pratense/	Trifolium pratense	red clover			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium pratense	Red Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium pratense/	Trifolium pratense	red clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
larva		larva feeds within seed?			Trifolium pratense	Red Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium pratense/	Trifolium pratense	red clover			seed?
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium repens	White Clover, Dutch Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium repens/	Trifolium repens	white clover, dutch clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult is associated with			Trifolium stellatum	Starry Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium stellatum/	Trifolium stellatum	starry clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Bolboschoenus maritimus	Sea Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Bolboschoenus maritimus/	Bolboschoenus maritimus	sea club-rush			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)

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

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

Filters:

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			Eupelmus atropurpureus	(A Chalcid Wasp)	Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus atropurpureus/	Eupelmus atropurpureus	(a chalcid wasp)				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle								larva is parasitoid of
		is parasitoid host of larva			Systole albipennis	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Systole albipennis/	Systole albipennis	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle								larva is parasitoid of
		is parasitoid host of larva			Trichomalus campestris	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Trichomalus campestris/	Trichomalus campestris	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle								larva is parasitoid of
		larva is endoparasitoid host of larva			Triapsis hilaris	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triapsis hilaris/	Triapsis hilaris	a death wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				larva				larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Bruchidius varius (a seed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Bruchidius varius (a seed beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Bruchidius varius (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 varius is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bruchidius varius (a seed beetle)

Bruchidius varius (a seed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BRUCHINAE
(seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bruchidius varius (a seed beetle):

BRUCHINAE
(seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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