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bruchidae's Usage Examples:

The Bruchidae, or seed-beetles, agree with the two preceding families in tarsal structure; the head is largely hidden by the pronotum, and the elytra are short enough to leave the end of the abdomen exposed (fig.

The Bruchidae are often called "weevils," but they have no close affinity with the Rhynchophora, being nearly allied to the Chryso - melidae or leaf beetles.

Seeds of various plants are also attacked by weevils of the family Bruchidae, especially beans and peas.

France, lx., 1891); in the Bruchidae by Riley (Insect Life, iv., v., 1892-1893; and in the Strepsiptera (Stylopidae) by K.

bruchidae's Meaning':

seed beetles