palaearctic seed beetle bruchus affinis (coleoptera, chrysomelidae, bruchinae) new to north america, arrival, distribution, and autecology

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• who: Hume B. Douglas from the line photograph-sharing websites for specimens and observationsHD also contacted biologists with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency`s Plant Health Survey Unit to search Lathyrus plants for Bruchus beetles in other parts of Canada. Stephen Paiero checked the University of Guelph insect collection (Guelph, Ontario) for additional specimens of B. affinis, but found none. No comprehensive field survey has been conducted to determine the full range of this species in North America. Beetle behaviour study locations were in Gatineau QC, a private garden, with only the L. latifolius index plant (45 . . .
  

   

  

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