Syagrus (beetle)

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Syagrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Syagrus
Chapuis in Lacordaire, 1874 [1]
Type species
Syagrus buqueti
(= Cryptocephalus calcaratus Fabricius, 1775)
Chapuis, 1874 [1]

Syagrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [2] They are known from the mainland of Africa. They are often attracted by plants in the family Malvaceae; [3] Syagrus rugifrons and Syagrus calcaratus are pests of cotton. The larvae of Syagrus calcaratus attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt. [4]

Many species described from Madagascar were included in Syagrus by Jan Bechyně in the 1940s to 1960s. These species have been transferred to the related genus Pheloticus , restricting Syagrus to the mainland of Africa. [5] [2] [6] Many additional species of Syagrus described from mainland Africa have been transferred to other African Eumolpinae genera such as Afroeurydemus , Microsyagrus and Proliniscus . [5] [7] [6]

Species

Species of Syagrus include the following: [2] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Vol. 10. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
  2. 1 2 3 "genus Syagrus". African Eumolpinae site (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Jolivet, Pierre; Verma, Krishna (2008). "Eumolpinae – a widely distributed and much diversified subfamily of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 1 (1): 3–37. doi:10.1163/187498308X345424. S2CID   85943158.
  4. ↑ Vaissayre, J.; Cauquil, M. (2000). Main Pests and Diseases of Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editions Quae. p. 10. ISBN   978-2-87614-416-3.
  5. 1 2 Selman, B. J. (1965). "A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 16 (3): 141–174. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21864.
  6. 1 2 3 Zoia, S. (2023). "Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Natural History Sciences. 10 (Supplement 1): 37–44. doi: 10.4081/nhs.2023.691 .
  7. ↑ Zoia, S. (2019). "Nomenclature changes in African Eumolpinae with reference to type specimens preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série. 55 (1): 61–86. doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556119. S2CID   155689938.
  8. 1 2 Pic, M. (1940). "Opuscula martialis". L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne, Moulins. Numéro spécial: 1–16.
  9. 1 2 Harold, E. von (1877). "Coleopterorum species novae". Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 1: 97–111.
  10. ↑ Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.
  11. ↑ Aslam, N. A. (1968). "Nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera)". Journal of Natural History . 2 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1080/00222936800770691.
  12. ↑ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.
  13. ↑ Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
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