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    Typophorus nigritus

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    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

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

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

    Subspecies[edit]

    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[edit]

    1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e 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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