Hycleus
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| Genus: | Hycleus Latreille, 1817
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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] 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.
Gallery
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Seen in Karnataka -
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Orange Blister Beetle, Ransai, Maharashtra
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Partial list of species
- Hycleus aegyptiacus (Marseul, 1870)
- Hycleus apicipennis (Reiche, 1865)
- Hycleus arabicus (Pallas, 1781)
- Hycleus argentatus (Fabricius, 1792)
- Hycleus argentifer (Pic, 1895)
- Hycleus atratus (Pallas, 1773)
- Hycleus biundulatus (Pallas, 1782)
- Hycleus brevicollis (Baudi, 1878)
- Hycleus brunnipes (Klug, 1845)
- Hycleus colligatus (L. Redtenbacher, 1850)
- Hycleus connexus (Marseul, 1872)
- Hycleus dentatus (Olivier, 1811)
- Hycleus dicinctus (Bertoloni, 1850)
- Hycleus dubiosus (Marseul, 1870)
- Hycleus dufouri (Graëlls, 1849)
- Hycleus duodecimpunctatus (Olivier, 1811)
- Hycleus esfandiarii (Kaszab, 1969)
- Hycleus fuscus (Olivier, 1811)
- Hycleus haemactus (Fairmaire, 1888)
- Hycleus humerosus (Escherich, 1899)
- Hycleus hypolachna (Gestro, 1895)
- Hycleus lunatus (Pallas, 1782)
- Hycleus marcipoli Pan & Bologna, 2014
- Hycleus nigriplantis (Klug, 1845)
- Hycleus nubicus (Marseul, 1872)
- Hycleus ocellaris (Olivier, 1795)
- Hycleus octodecimmaculatus (Marseul, 1870)
- Hycleus oculatus (Thunberg, 1791)
- Hycleus polymorphus (Pallas, 1771)
- Hycleus pustulatus (Thunberg 1791)
- Hycleus quatuordecimpunctatus (Pallas, 1781)
- Hycleus ringenbachi Bologna, 2009[2]
- Hycleus scabiosae (Olivier, 1811)
- Hycleus schoenherri (Billberg, 1813)
- Hycleus scutellatus (Rosenhauer, 1856)
- Hycleus sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1811)
- Hycleus shah (Reiche, 1866)
- Hycleus sjoestedti (Borchmann in Sjöstedt, 1910)
- Hycleus tenerus (Germar, 1834)
- Hycleus tigripennis (Marseul, 1870)
- Hycleus transvaalicus (Péringuey, 1904)
- Hycleus tripunctatus (Thunberg, 1791)
- Hycleus zavattarii (Gridelli, 1939)
- Hycleus zebraeus (Marseul, 1870)
- Hycleus zigzaga Marseul, 1872
References
- ^ 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.463.8261.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ 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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