Choresine
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| Genus: | Choresine Pascoe, 1860
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Choresine is a genus of beetles that belong to the Melyridae family. This genus of beetle is known to have high levels of batrachotoxins and is believed to be one of the main toxin sources for pitohui birds in New Guinea and Phyllobates frogs in South America.[1]
Species
- Choresine advena Pascoe, 1860
- Choresine buruensis Champion, 1923
- Choresine magnioculata Wittmer, 1973[2]
- Choresine moluccana Champion, 1923
- Choresine neogressittiana Wittmer, 1973[2]
- Choresine nigroviolacea Champion, 1923[2]
- Choresine pulchra (Pic, 1917)[2]
- Choresine reductorugata Wittmer, 1973[2]
- Choresine rufiventris Wittmer, 1973[2]
- Choresine rugiceps Wittmer, 1973[2]
- Choresine semiopaca Wittmer, 1973[2]
References
- ^ John P. Dumbacher, Avit Wako, Scott R. Derrickson, Allan Samuelson, Thomas F. Spande, John W. Daly (2004): Melyrid beetles (Choresine): A putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart frogs and toxic passerine birds. The National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 101 no. 45, 15857-15860
- ^ a b c d e f g h W. Wittmer: Zur Kenntnis der Malachiidae (Col.) von Neuguinea, Neubritannien, Neuirland und den Salomonen. In: Pacific Insects, Volume 15, Nr. 3–4, 20. December 1973, P. 298–352.
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