Hycleus

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Hycleus
Mylabris pustulata (Thunberg, 1821) (6089241861).jpg
Hycleus species in the phaleratus group
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Meloidae
Genus:
Hycleus

Latreille, 1817
Synonyms
  • Coryna Billberg, 1813
  • Decatoma Dejean, 1821
  • Dices Dejean, 1821
  • Arithmema Chevrolat, 1844
  • Decapotoma Voigts, 1902
  • Euzonabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Sphenabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Tigrabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Gorrizia Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Androfoveata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesogorbata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesoscutata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesotaeniata Pardo Alcaide, 1955

Hycleus is a genus of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family found in Africa and Asia. The genus contains over 400 species, which historically have been confused with the genus Mylabris.[1]

Ecology[]

Adults feed mainly on flowers from a wide range of plant families. The first larval instar is an active triungulin form that is a predator of soft insects such as aphids. While the young are often beneficial to crops by suppressing other plant feeders, the adults can be a problem when present in large numbers. Flower feeding leads to lower yield and this can be a problem in some leguminous crops. They are however easily controlled by manual collection.

In northern Nigeria, heavy infestations of , , , and have affected early plantings of pearl millet crops.[2]

Gallery[]

Partial list of species[]

  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • (Reiche, 1865)
  • (Pallas, 1781)
  • (Fabricius, 1792)
  • (Pic, 1895)
  • (Pallas, 1773)
  • (Pallas, 1782)
  • (Baudi, 1878)
  • (Klug, 1845)
  • (Beauregard, 1889)
  • (L. Redtenbacher, 1850)
  • (Marseul, 1872)
  • (Olivier, 1811)
  • (Bertoloni, 1850)
  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • (Graëlls, 1849)
  • (Olivier, 1811)
  • (Kaszab, 1969)
  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • (Olivier, 1811)
  • (Fairmaire, 1888)
  • (Fabricius, 1792)
  • (Escherich, 1899)
  • (Gestro, 1895)
  • (Pallas, 1782)
  • Pan & Bologna, 2014
  • (Klug, 1845)
  • (Marseul, 1872)
  • (Olivier, 1795)
  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Hycleus polymorphus (Pallas, 1771)
  • Hycleus pustulatus (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Hycleus pulchripennis (Pic, 1910)
  • (Pallas, 1781)
  • Bologna, 2009[3]
  • (Olivier, 1811)
  • (Billberg, 1813)
  • (Rosenhauer, 1856)
  • (Olivier, 1811)
  • (Reiche, 1866)
  • (Borchmann in Sjöstedt, 1910)
  • (Germar, 1834)
  • (Illiger, 1800)
  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • (Péringuey, 1904)
  • (Thunberg, 1791)
  • (Gridelli, 1939)
  • (Marseul, 1870)
  • Marseul, 1872

References[]

  1. ^ Bologna, Marco A.; Pan, Zhao; Monica, Carosi (2014). "A new Eastern Asian Hycleus and key to the Chinese species of the phaleratus group (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini)". ZooKeys (463): 11–19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.463.8261. PMC 4294299. PMID 25589860.
  2. ^ Lale, N. E. S., and B. M. Sastawa. 2000. Evaluation of host plant resistance, sowing date modification and intercropping as methods for the control of Mylabris and Coryna species (Coleoptera: Meloidae) infesting pearl millet in the Nigerian Sudan savanna. J. Arid Environ. 46: 263–280.
  3. ^ Bologna, Marco A. (2009). "The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Libya: an annotated catalogue and description of three new species". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 45 (3): 345–364. doi:10.1080/00379271.2009.10697620.

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