Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
(Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle)

Interactions where Callosobruchus maculatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
larva larva feeds within stored seed Major Cicer arietinum Chick Pea Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cicer arietinum/Cicer arietinumchick peastoredseedMajor

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 predated by Foreign Pyemotes ventricosus Hay Itch Mite Trombidiformes: Pyemotidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Pyemotidae/Pyemotes ventricosus/Pyemotes ventricosushay itch mite Animal / predatorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle is predator of
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Cephalonomia gallicola a bethylid wasp Hymenoptera: Bethylidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Bethylidae/Cephalonomia gallicola/Cephalonomia gallicolaa bethylid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eupelmus orientalis a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus orientalis/Eupelmus orientalisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva larva is ectoparasitoid of larva
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eupelmus vuilleti a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vuilleti/Eupelmus vuilletia chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva larva is ectoparasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Choetospila elegans 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/Choetospila elegans/Choetospila elegansa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Lariophagus texanus 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/Lariophagus texanus/Lariophagus texanusa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
larva is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Anisopteromalus calandrae 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/Anisopteromalus calandrae/Anisopteromalus calandraea chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Anisopteromalus calandrae 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/Anisopteromalus calandrae/Anisopteromalus calandraea chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
larva is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Dinarmus basalis 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 basalis/Dinarmus basalisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Dinarmus magnus 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 magnus/Dinarmus magnusa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Dinarmus mayeri 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 mayeri/Dinarmus mayeria chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
larva is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Dinarmus vagabundus 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 vagabundus/Dinarmus vagabundusa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Pseudotorymus acythopeusi a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Torymidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Torymidae/Pseudotorymus acythopeusi/Pseudotorymus acythopeusia chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign Uscana lariophaga 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 lariophaga/Uscana lariophagaa chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign Uscana mukerjii 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 mukerjii/Uscana mukerjiia chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign Uscana semifumipennis 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 semifumipennis/Uscana semifumipennisa chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign 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 senexa chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign Trichogramma a genus of chalcid wasps Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma/Trichogrammaa genus of chalcid waspssolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Foreign Uscanoidea marilandica 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/Uscanoidea marilandica/Uscanoidea marilandicaa chalcid waspsolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetleegg solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
is parasitoid host of larva Foreign Heterospilus prosopidis a death wasp Hymenoptera: Braconidae Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Heterospilus prosopidis/Heterospilus prosopidisa death wasplarva Animal / parasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Callosobruchus maculatus/Callosobruchus maculatuscowpea beetle, cowpea seed beetle larva is parasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Irelandhttp://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

Callosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Callosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle)
GenusCallosobruchus (a genus of seed beetles)
SubfamilyBRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Callosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle)

Callosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Callosobruchus maculatus (Cowpea Beetle, Cowpea Seed Beetle):

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