Biology:Gonocephalum depressum

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Gonocephalum depressum
Gonocephalum depressum (Fabricius, 1801) Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae (16284031975).jpg
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G. depressum
Binomial name
Gonocephalum depressum
(Fabricius 1801)
Synonyms
  • Opatrum depressum Fabricius, 1801
  • Hopatrum depressum Fabricius, 1801
  • Gonocephalum depressum (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Opatrum contrahens Walker, 1858
  • Hopatrum contrahens Walker, 1858
  • Gonocephalum contrahens (Walker, 1858)

Gonocephalum depressum is a species of darkling beetle.[1] The species is widespread in South Asian and South East Asian countries such as, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, Afghanistan and China.[2][3][4][5]

In Kerala, India, the larva of the beetle is considered as a pest of sweet potato.[6] The seeds of Aeginetia pedunculata are known to attack by the adults where infestations are common during October to November.[7] It is also a predator of the pest Chilo partellus.[8]

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References

  1. Iwan, Dariusz; Merkl, Ottó; Ferrer, Julio (June 2011). "Catalogue of the World Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini). Part 2. Comments, Additions and References". Annales Zoologici 61 (2): 259–276. doi:10.3161/000345411X584762. https://bioone.org/journals/annales-zoologici/volume-61/issue-2/000345411X584762/Catalogue-of-the-World-Gonocephalum-Solier-1834-Coleoptera--Tenebrionidae/10.3161/000345411X584762.full. Retrieved 2021-07-04. 
  2. "Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 Darkling Beetles". https://www.thailandnatureproject.com/tenebrionidae---darkling-beetles.html. 
  3. Dasgupta, J. (1975). "Chromosomes of some Indian tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B 81: 1–6. doi:10.1007/BF03050741. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03050741. Retrieved 2021-07-03. 
  4. "Checklist of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Sikkim with two new records". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307477704. 
  5. "Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India". Journal on New Biological Reports 2 (2): 130–141. 2013. 
  6. MARKOWITZ, IRVING (December 1979). New records of insect pests of sweet potato in Kerala.. 136. pp. 1628. doi:10.1176/ajp.136.12.1628. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19840520124. Retrieved 2021-07-04. 
  7. Ray, Bikash Ranjan; Dasgupta, Mrinal Kanti (14 September 2010). "Natural biocontrol agents of Aeginetia pedunculata (Roxb.) Wall. (Orobanchaceae), a root holoparasitic angiosperm of sugarcane". Journal of Biological Control 24 (3): 288–290. http://www.informaticsjournals.in/index.php/jbc/article/view/3664/2748. Retrieved 2021-07-03. 
  8. Allsopp, P. G. (1980). "The biology of false wireworms and their adults (soil-inhabiting Tenebrionidae) (Coleoptera): a review". Bulletin of Entomological Research 70 (3): 343–379. doi:10.1017/S0007485300007628. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/abs/biology-of-false-wireworms-and-their-adults-soilinhabiting-tenebrionidae-coleoptera-a-review/014F6153BBD68F5EC872033498A584C4. Retrieved 2021-07-03. 

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