Biology:Syagrus calcaratus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Syagrus calcaratus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Syagrus
Species:
S. calcaratus
Binomial name
Syagrus calcaratus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cryptocephalus calcaratus Fabricius, 1775
  • Typophorus buqueti Dejean, 1837
    (nomen nudum)
  • Brevicolaspis ruficollis J. Thomson, 1858
  • Syagrus buqueti Chapuis, 1874[1]
  • Syagrus ruficollis Lefèvre, 1875

Syagrus calcaratus is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, in his major work Systema entomologiae.

Syagrus calcaratus is a pest of cotton. The larvae attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt.[3] Other host plants for the species include Parinari curatellifolia.[4]

Distribution

Syagrus calcaratus is recorded from Senegal,[5] Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast,[6] Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan,[4] Gabon, Congo Republic, DR Congo,[7] Uganda, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

References

  1. Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2CM5OisguQC&pg=PA10. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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. http://bionames.org/references/ff43482cd46240c4944ee93163a6b26f. 
  5. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/Senegal.html. 
  6. Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 87 (2): 311–329. 
  7. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/checklist-x-nazioni/DemRepCongo.html. 

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