Typophorus nigritus
| Typophorus nigritus | |
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| T. nigritus, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
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| T. nigritus, Texas, US | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Typophorus |
| Species: | T. nigritus
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| Binomial name | |
| Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801)
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| Synonyms | |
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Eumolpus nigritus Fabricius, 1801 | |
Typophorus nigritus is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2]
Two subspecies, T. nigritus nitidulus and T. nigritus viridicyaneus, are known as pests of sweet potatoes.[3]
Subspecies[edit]
There are 13 subspecies of T. nigritus:[2]
- Typophorus nigritus chalceus Lefèvre, 1877[1] – Mexico
- Typophorus nigritus coronadoi Bechyné, 1948 – Mexico
- Typophorus nigritus cretifer Bechyné, 1953[2] – Guatemala
- Typophorus nigritus erbeni Bechyné, 1948 – Trinidad
- Typophorus nigritus interpositus Bechyné, 1951 – Costa Rica
- Typophorus nigritus lucens Bechyné, 1953[2] – Brazil
- Typophorus nigritus molnari Bechyné, 1953[2] – Brazil
- Typophorus nigritus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801) – Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia
- Typophorus nigritus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1801) – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru
- Typophorus nigritus obliquus Baly, 1859[4] – Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
- Typophorus nigritus paradoxus Jacoby, 1882[5] – Honduras, Guatemala
- Typophorus nigritus punctatissimus Bechyné, 1948 – Mexico
- Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Crotch, 1873)[6] (sweetpotato leaf beetle) – USA, Mexico
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 309–326.
- ^ a b c d e Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
- ^ Santoro, F. H.; Bezzi, A.; Vigevano, A.; Cantos, F. (1980). "Biología del negrito de la batata, Typophorus nigritus nitidulus (F.) y ensayo preliminar sobre control químico de adultos (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae-Eumolpinae)". IDIA (Buenos Aires). 373–375: 13–44.
- ^ Baly, J. S. (1859). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous insects". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 4 (20): 124–128. doi:10.1080/00222935908697096.
- ^ Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
- ^ Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.