Typophorus nigritus

Typophorus nigritus is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2]

Typophorus nigritus
T. nigritus, Santa Catarina, Brazil
T. nigritus, Texas, US
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Typophorus
Species:
T. nigritus
Binomial name
Typophorus nigritus
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms

Eumolpus nigritus Fabricius, 1801

Two subspecies, T. nigritus nitidulus and T. nigritus viridicyaneus, are known as pests of sweet potatoes.[3]

Subspecies

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
  1. 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.
  2. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
  6. 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.


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