Aulacophora is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as pumpkin beetles; some species are pests of agricultural crops. The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, in Dejean's Catalogue des Coléoptères. The name, from Ancient Greek, signifies "furrow-bearer"' from aulax, "furrow".
Beetles in this genus are oval insects up to about 8 mm (0.3 in) long and can be recognised by their presence on the host plant.[3]
Distribution
Pumpkin beetles are found in Africa, Asia and Australasia. Some of the more important pest species are A. foveicollis from Africa, Europe and Asia, A. similis from southern and southeastern Asia, A. coffeae from Malaysia, A. flavomarginata from Malaysia and Indonesia, A. femoralis from Myanmar and Vietnam, A. lewisii from Malaysia and Vietnam, and A. frontalis from Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.[4]
The eggs, which are yellow, are laid in batches of up to five in the soil at the base of cucurbit plants. They hatch after eight to fifteen days and the larvae feed on the roots or tunnel into them, feeding for eighteen to thirty-five days and passing through four instar stages. They are creamy white at first but have turned yellowish-orange by the time they pupate in chambers in the ground. The adult beetles emerge after from four to fourteen days. They are strong fliers and disperse to other plants. The adult beetles may live for up to ten months and each female can lay in the order of five hundred eggs, so there can be several overlapping generations of beetles.[3][4]
Damage
Adult pumpkin beetles feed on the foliage and flowers of the host plants; seedlings may be destroyed by heavy attacks and young plants may be severely affected. Several beetles may cluster on a single leaf, leaving other leaves untouched. The beetles feed between the veins, often cutting and removing circular discs which they then eat.[3] The larvae tunnel into the roots, which become swollen, discoloured and distorted, and the plant may die.[4]
Species
The following species have been described:[5][1][6][7]
The following poorly described species are considered nomina dubia:[7]
Aulacophora artensis (Montrouzier, 1861) (from New Caledonia, possibly synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis (Fabricius, 1781) or Aulacophora deplanchei (Perroud, 1864), type material probably lost)
Aulacophora flavescens (Montrouzier, 1855) (from both Woodlark Island and San Cristoval Island, possibly a species of the Aulacophora indica species complex)
Aulacophora flaviola (Boisduval, 1835) (from New Guinea, not identifiable to genus)
Aulacophora punctata (Boisduval, 1835) (from New Guinea, not identifiable to genus)
Aulacophora scutellata (Boisduval, 1835) (from the "Pacific Ocean", possibly a synonym of Candezea palustris (Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864))
The following are now synonyms of other species:
Aulacophora almora Maulik, 1936: synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis, 1876
Aulacophora terminata (Jacoby, 1899): synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis, 1876
References
^ abBeenen, R. (2010). "Galerucinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 443–491. ISBN978-87-88757-84-2.
^Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC3677338. PMID 23794836.
^ abcd"Pumpkin beetle" (PDF). Pacific Pests and Pathogens Fact Sheet. PestNet. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ abcMuniappan, R. (2012). Arthropod Pests of Horticultural Crops in Tropical Asia. CABI. pp. 25–26. ISBN978-1-84593-951-9.
^. Joe Hallan's Biology Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30.
^Lee, C.-F.; Beenen, R. (2015). "Revision of the genus Aulacophora from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Zootaxa. 3949 (2): 151–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.1. PMID 25947800.
^ abReid, Chris; Halling, Luke; Beatson, Max (2021). "Revision of the Australopapuan and West Pacific species of plain pumpkin beetles, the Aulacophora indica species-complex (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Zootaxa. 4932 (1): zootaxa.4932.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4932.1.1. PMID 33756812. S2CID 232338962.
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Aulacophora is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae commonly known as pumpkin beetles some species are pests of agricultural crops The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in Dejean s Catalogue des Coleopteres The name from Ancient Greek signifies furrow bearer from aulax furrow AulacophoraAulacophora nigripennisScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder ColeopteraFamily ChrysomelidaeSubfamily GalerucinaeTribe LuperiniSubtribe AulacophorinaGenus AulacophoraChevrolat in Dejean 1836Type speciesGalleruca quadraria Galleruca analis Weber 1801 Olivier 1808Synonyms 1 2 Raphidopalpa Chevrolat in Dejean 1836 Acutipalpa Rosenhauer 1856 Rhaphidopalpa Rosenhauer 1856 Ceratia Chapuis 1876 Triaplatys Fairmaire 1877 Cerania Weise 1892 Orthaulaca Weise 1892 Pachypalpa Weise 1892 Sphaerarthra Weise 1892 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Hosts 4 Life cycle 5 Damage 6 Species 7 ReferencesDescription EditBeetles in this genus are oval insects up to about 8 mm 0 3 in long and can be recognised by their presence on the host plant 3 Distribution EditPumpkin beetles are found in Africa Asia and Australasia Some of the more important pest species are A foveicollis from Africa Europe and Asia A similis from southern and southeastern Asia A coffeae from Malaysia A flavomarginata from Malaysia and Indonesia A femoralis from Myanmar and Vietnam A lewisii from Malaysia and Vietnam and A frontalis from Singapore Thailand Vietnam and Laos 4 Hosts EditBeetles in this genus feed on members of the family Cucurbitaceae including cucumbers pumpkins melons watermelons gourds and squashes 3 Life cycle EditThe eggs which are yellow are laid in batches of up to five in the soil at the base of cucurbit plants They hatch after eight to fifteen days and the larvae feed on the roots or tunnel into them feeding for eighteen to thirty five days and passing through four instar stages They are creamy white at first but have turned yellowish orange by the time they pupate in chambers in the ground The adult beetles emerge after from four to fourteen days They are strong fliers and disperse to other plants The adult beetles may live for up to ten months and each female can lay in the order of five hundred eggs so there can be several overlapping generations of beetles 3 4 Damage EditAdult pumpkin beetles feed on the foliage and flowers of the host plants seedlings may be destroyed by heavy attacks and young plants may be severely affected Several beetles may cluster on a single leaf leaving other leaves untouched The beetles feed between the veins often cutting and removing circular discs which they then eat 3 The larvae tunnel into the roots which become swollen discoloured and distorted and the plant may die 4 Species EditThe following species have been described 5 1 6 7 Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora aculeata Weise 1908 Aulacophora affinis Montrouzier 1855 Aulacophora albofasciata Baly 1886 Aulacophora analis Weber 1801 Aulacophora ancora Redtenbacher 1868 Aulacophora andamanica Duvivier 1885 Aulacophora antennata Baly 1886 Aulacophora apicicornis Baly 1889 Aulacophora apicipennis Jacoby 1894 Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby 1896 Aulacophora apiciventris Lea 1924 Aulacophora approximata Baly 1886 Aulacophora arcuata Allard 1888 Aulacophora atripennis Fabricius 1801 Aulacophora baliensis Barroga 2001 Aulacophora barrogae Reid Halling amp Beatson 2021 Aulacophora basalis Jacoby 1886 Aulacophora batesi Jacoby 1884 Aulacophora bhamoensis Jacoby 1892 Aulacophora bhimtalensis Gangola 1969 Aulacophora bicincta Montrouzier 1855 Aulacophora bicolor Weber 1801 Aulacophora bipartita Baly 1888 Aulacophora biplagiata Baly 1889 Aulacophora bipunctata Olivier 1808 Aulacophora blackburni Bowditch 1914 Aulacophora borrei Baly 1889 Aulacophora calva Anand amp Cox 1986 Aulacophora carinicauda Chen amp Kung 1959 Aulacophora carteri Guerin Meneville 1830 Aulacophora castanea Allard 1888 Aulacophora celebensis Jacoby 1886 Aulacophora chapuisi Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora chlorotica Olivier 1808 Aulacophora cincta Fabricius 1775 Aulacophora cinctipennis Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora circumcincta Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora circumdata Blanchard 1853 Aulacophora coffeae Hornstedt 1788 Aulacophora coomani Laboissiere 1929 Aulacophora coralinsula Gressitt 1955 Aulacophora cornuta Baly 1879 Aulacophora costipennis Baly 1886 Aulacophora crassicornis Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora cristovallensis Montrouzier 1855 Aulacophora cruenta Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora cucullata Blackburn 1896 Aulacophora cyanoptera Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora danumensis Mohamedsaid 1994 Aulacophora deplanchei Perroud 1864 Aulacophora dimidiata Guerin Meneville 1830 Aulacophora diversa Baly 1889 Aulacophora doesonensis Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora dorsalis Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora downesi Baly 1886 Aulacophora duboulayi Baly 1886 Aulacophora excavata Baly 1886 Aulacophora excisa Baly 1886 Aulacophora fallax Weise 1923 Aulacophora fasciata Allard 1888 Aulacophora ficus Montrouzier 1855 Aulacophora flavicornis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora flaviventris Baly 1886 Aulacophora flavomarginata Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora formosa Chapuis 1879 Aulacophora foveata Bowditch 1925 Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas 1849 Aulacophora frontalis Baly 1888 Aulacophora frubstorferi Duvivier 1891 Aulacophora fulvimargo Bryant 1936 Aulacophora funesta Weise 1892 Aulacophora gestroi Jacoby 1892 Aulacophora hayashii Gressitt 1955 Aulacophora hilaris Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora impressa Fabricius 1801 Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora insularis Jacoby 1886 Aulacophora ioptera Wiedemann 1823 Aulacophora irpa Mohamedsaid 1994 Aulacophora jacobyi Weise 1924 Aulacophora kampeni Weise 1917 Aulacophora kinabaluensis Mohamedsaid 1994 Aulacophora kotoensis Chujo 1962 Aulacophora laevifrons Baly 1888 Aulacophora laysi Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora leopoldi Laboissiere 1934 Aulacophora lewisii Baly 1886 Aulacophora limbata Illiger 1800 Aulacophora loochooensis Chujo 1957 Aulacophora loriana Jacoby 1904 Aulacophora luteicornis Fabricius 1801 Aulacophora macropus Montrouzier 1855 Aulacophora marginalis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora marginata Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora mariana Chujo 1943 Aulacophora martia Weise 1922 Aulacophora mbabaram Reid Halling amp Beatson 2021 Aulacophora medioflava Lea 1924 Aulacophora medvedevi Samoderzhenkov 1992 Aulacophora melanocephala Jacoby 1892 Aulacophora melanoptera Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora melanopus Blanchard 1853 Aulacophora melanura Olivier 1808 Aulacophora militaris Jacoby 1894 Aulacophora mimica Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora mjoebergi Weise 1916 Aulacophora moluccaensis Laboissiere 1932 Aulacophora montrouzieri Fairmaire 1883 Aulacophora mouhoti Baly 1886 Aulacophora naseemi Abdullah amp Qureshi 1968 Aulacophora nigripennis Motschulsky 1857 Aulacophora nigrobrunnea Maulik 1929 Aulacophora nigropalgiata Jacoby 1894 Aulacophora nigrosignata Baly 1886 Aulacophora nilgiriensis Jacoby 1903 Aulacophora notulata Fairmaire 1850 Aulacophora nstabilis Baly 1886 Aulacophora nusantara Barroga 2001 Aulacophora oblonga Gyllenhal 1808 Aulacophora occipitalis Baly 1888 Aulacophora olivieri Baly 1888 Aulacophora opacipennis Chujo 1962 Aulacophora orientalis Hornstedt 1788 Aulacophora pahangi Mohamedsaid 1994 Aulacophora palliata Schaller 1783 Aulacophora pallidofasciata Jacoby 1904 Aulacophora pannonica Csiki 1953 Aulacophora papuana Jacoby 1894 Aulacophora parambikulamensis Maulik 1936 Aulacophora perroudi Baly 1888 Aulacophora plicaticollis Allard 1888 Aulacophora postica Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora posticalis Guerin Meneville 1830 Aulacophora propinqua Baly 1886 Aulacophora pulchella Baly 1879 Aulacophora pygidialis Baly 1886 Aulacophora quadrimaculata Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora quadrinotata Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora quadripartia Fairmaire 1877 Aulacophora quadrispilota Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora quinqueplagiata Duvivier 1891 Aulacophora relicta Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora rigoensis Jacoby 1904 Aulacophora robusticornis Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora rosea Fabricius 1801 Aulacophora rubrontata Blanchard 1853 Aulacophora semilimbata Baly 1886 Aulacophora serena Weise 1923 Aulacophora signata Kirsch 1866 Aulacophora signata Kirsch 1866 Aulacophora smaragdipennis Duvivier 1884 Aulacophora sordidula Weise 1922 Aulacophora subcaerulea Jacoby 1894 Aulacophora tetraspilota Baly 1886 Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora transversa Allard 1888 Aulacophora tricolora Weise 1892 Aulacophora tristis Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora unicolor Jacoby 1883 Aulacophora varians Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora vicina Boisduval 1835 Aulacophora vietnamica Medvedev 2001 Aulacophora viridis Maulik 1936 Aulacophora vittula Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora wallacii Baly 1886 Aulacophora wilsoni Baly 1888 Aulacophora yunnanensis Chen amp Kung 1959 The following poorly described species are considered nomina dubia 7 Aulacophora artensis Montrouzier 1861 from New Caledonia possibly synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 or Aulacophora deplanchei Perroud 1864 type material probably lost Aulacophora flavescens Montrouzier 1855 from both Woodlark Island and San Cristoval Island possibly a species of the Aulacophora indica species complex Aulacophora flaviola Boisduval 1835 from New Guinea not identifiable to genus Aulacophora punctata Boisduval 1835 from New Guinea not identifiable to genus Aulacophora scutellata Boisduval 1835 from the Pacific Ocean possibly a synonym of Candezea palustris Perroud amp Montrouzier 1864 The following are now synonyms of other species Aulacophora almora Maulik 1936 synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora argyrogaster Montrouzier 1861 synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora armigera Baly 1889 synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora aruensis Weise 1892 synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora ceramensis Weise 1892 synonym of Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora dohrni Jacoby 1899 synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora duvivieri Baly 1886 synonym of Aulacophora cornuta Baly 1879 Aulacophora fabricii Baly 1886 synonym of Aulacophora abdominalis Fabricius 1781 Aulacophora femoralis Motschulsky 1857 synonym of Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora flavipes Jacoby 1888 synonym of Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora niasiensis Weise 1892 synonym of Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora nigripalpis Chen amp Kung 1959 synonym of Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby 1896 Aulacophora quadraria Olivier 1808 synonym of Aulacophora analis Weber 1801 Aulacophora ritsemae Duvivier 1884 synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora robusta Duvivier 1884 synonym of Aulacophora cornuta Baly 1879 Aulacophora semifusca Jacoby 1892 synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876 Aulacophora similis Olivier 1808 synonym of Aulacophora indica Gmelin 1790 Aulacophora tenuicincta Jacoby 1897 synonym of Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby 1896 Aulacophora terminata Jacoby 1899 synonym of Aulacophora tibialis Chapuis 1876References Edit a b Beenen R 2010 Galerucinae Latreille 1802 In Lobl I Smetana A eds Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Volume 6 Chrysomeloidea Stenstrup Denmark Apollo Books pp 443 491 ISBN 978 87 88757 84 2 Bousquet Yves Bouchard Patrice 2013 The genera in the second catalogue 1833 1836 of Dejean s Coleoptera collection ZooKeys 282 1 219 doi 10 3897 zookeys 282 4401 PMC 3677338 PMID 23794836 a b c d Pumpkin beetle PDF Pacific Pests and Pathogens Fact Sheet PestNet Retrieved 5 March 2017 a b c Muniappan R 2012 Arthropod Pests of Horticultural Crops in Tropical Asia CABI pp 25 26 ISBN 978 1 84593 951 9 Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World Joe Hallan s Biology Catalogue Archived from the original on 2014 12 30 Lee C F Beenen R 2015 Revision of the genus Aulacophora from Taiwan Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galerucinae Zootaxa 3949 2 151 190 doi 10 11646 zootaxa 3949 2 1 PMID 25947800 a b Reid Chris Halling Luke Beatson Max 2021 Revision of the Australopapuan and West Pacific species of plain pumpkin beetles the Aulacophora indica species complex Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galerucinae Zootaxa 4932 1 zootaxa 4932 1 1 doi 10 11646 zootaxa 4932 1 1 PMID 33756812 S2CID 232338962 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aulacophora amp oldid 1086793312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
