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Genus of beetles
Hycleus
Hycleus species in the phaleratus group
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
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 .
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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
Hycleus terminatus ,
Hycleus fimbriatus ,
Hycleus hermanniae , and
Hycleus chevrolati have affected early plantings of pearl millet crops.
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Gallery
Partial list of species
Hycleus aegyptiacus (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus allardi (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus apicipennis (Reiche, 1865)
Hycleus arabicus (Pallas, 1781)
Hycleus belli (Borchmann, 1940)
Hycleus higuttatus (Gebler, 1841)
Hycleus bipunctatus (A. G. Olivier, 1811)
Hycleus birecurvus (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus bistillatus (Tan, 1981)
Hycleus burchmannianus (Kaszab, 1983)
Hycleus brevetarsalis (Kaszab, 1960)
Hycleus chodschenticus (Ballion, 1878)
Hycleus cingulatus (Faldermann, 1837)
Hycleus colligatus (L. Redtenbacher, 1850)
Hycleus concinnus (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus curticornis (Pic, 1919)
Hycleus damohensis (Saha, 1979)
Hycleus diversesignatus (Pic, 1919)
Hycleus dohrni (Marseul, 1872)
Hycleus dolens (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus esfandiarii (Kaszab, 1969)
Hycleus flavohirtus (Kaszab, 1958)
Hycleus gratiosus (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus hanguensis (Kaszab, 1958)
Hycleus himalayaensis (Saha 1979)
Hycleus hokumanensis (Kon6, 1940)
Hycleus horai (Saha, 1972)
Hycleus infasciculatus (Pic, 1929)
Hycleus japonicus (Sumakov, 1913)
Hycleus javeti (Marseu1, 1870)
Hycleus kirgisicus (Aksentjev & Sadykova, 1990)
Hycleus lacteus (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus ligatus (Marseu1, 1870)
Hycleus lindbergi (Kaszab, 1973)
Hycleus linnavuorii (Pardo Alcaide, 1963)
Hycleus mannheimsi (Kaszab, 1961)
Hycleus mediozigzagus (Pic, 1924)
Hycleus mediobipunctatus (Pic, 1919)
Hycleus mediofasciatellus (Pic, 1908)
Hycleus medioinsignatus (Pic, 1909)
Hycleus nigrohirtus (Kaszab, 1983)
Hycleus ocellaris (A. G. Olivier, 1795)
Hycleus oculatus (Thunb., 1791)
Hycleus ornatus (Reiche, 1865)
Hycleus parvulus (Friva1dszky, 1892)
Hycleus phaleratus (Pallas, 1781)
Hycleus pierrei (Kaszab, 1968)
Hycleus pitcheri (Kaszab, 1983)
Hycleus postbilunulatus (Pic, 1919)
Hycleus posticatus (Fairmaire, 1892)
Hycleus praeustus (Fabricius, 1793)
Hycleus pseudobrunnipes (Kaszab, 1983)
Hycleus pustulatus (Thunberg, 1791)
Hycleus quatuordecimpunctatus (Pallas, 1781)
Hycleus raphael (Marseu1, 1876)
Hycleus rotroui (Pic, 1930)
Hycleus rubricollis (Marseul, 1875)
Hycleus scabratus (Klug, 1845)
Hycleus scapularis Klug, 1845)
Hycleus schauffelei (Kaszab, 1957)
Hycleus schoenherri (Billberg, 1813)
Hycleus sialanus (Pic, 1929)
Hycleus silbermanni (Chevrolat, 1838)
Hycleus solanensis (Saha, 1979)
Hycleus soumacovi (Pic, 1930)
Hycleus subparallelus (Pic, 1919)
Hycleus talhouki (Kaszab, 1983)
Hycleus talyshensis (Sumakov, 1929)
Hycleus tekkensis (Heyden, 1883)
Hycleus tenuepictus (Fairmaire, 1892)
Hycleus theryanus (Pic, 1940)
Hycleus thunbergi (Billberg, 1813)
Hycleus tigripennis (Marseul, 1870)
Hycleus trianguliferus (Heyden, 1883)
Hycleus varius (A. G. Olivier, 1811)
Hycleus wagneri (Chevrolat, 1838)
References
External links
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