Malacorhinus

Genus of beetles

Malacorhinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Metacyclini
Genus: Malacorhinus
Jacoby, 1887

Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

In Australia, the species Malacorhinus irregularis was introduced to Northern Territory in 2000 as a biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.[4][5]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Malacorhinus:

  • Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer, 1906)
  • Malacorhinus apicalis Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus biplagiatus Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus decempunctatus Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus dilaticornis Jacoby, 1887
  • Malacorhinus exclamationis Jacoby, 1892
  • Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879)
  • Malacorhinus irregularis (Jacoby, 1887)
  • Malacorhinus knullorum Wilcox, 1951
  • Malacorhinus tilghmani Mignot, 1970 (replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctatus (Jacoby, 1879))[6]

References

  1. ^ "Malacorhinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Malacorhinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Biological Control of Mimosa – Malacorhinus – Root Feeding Beetle" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. January 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ^ "Mimosa meets its matches". News in Science. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ Mignot, E.C. (1970). "A replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctata (Jacoby) Galerucinae: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 24 (2): 59.

Further reading

  • Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
  • Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Taxon identifiers
Malacorhinus


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