Hycleus

Hycleus is a genus of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family found in Africa and Asia. The genus contains over 400 species, which historically have been confused with the genus Mylabris.[1] Adults feed mainly on flowers from a wide range of plant families. The first larval instar is an active triungulin form that is a predator of soft insects such as aphids. While the young are often beneficial to crops by suppressing other plant feeders, the adults can be a problem when present in large numbers. Flower feeding leads to lower yield and this can be a problem in some leguminous crops. They are however easily controlled by manual collection.

Hycleus
Hycleus species in the phaleratus group
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Meloidae
Genus:
Hycleus

Latreille, 1817
Synonyms
  • Coryna Billberg, 1813
  • Decatoma Dejean, 1821
  • Dices Dejean, 1821
  • Arithmema Chevrolat, 1844
  • Decapotoma Voigts, 1902
  • Euzonabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Sphenabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Tigrabris Kuzin, 1954
  • Gorrizia Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Androfoveata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesogorbata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesoscutata Pardo Alcaide, 1954
  • Mesotaeniata Pardo Alcaide, 1955

Partial list of species
  • Hycleus aegyptiacus (Marseul, 1870)
  • Hycleus apicipennis (Reiche, 1865)
  • Hycleus arabicus (Pallas, 1781)
  • Hycleus argentatus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Hycleus argentifer (Pic, 1895)
  • Hycleus atratus (Pallas, 1773)
  • Hycleus biundulatus (Pallas, 1782)
  • Hycleus brevicollis (Baudi, 1878)
  • Hycleus brunnipes (Klug, 1845)
  • Hycleus colligatus (L. Redtenbacher, 1850)
  • Hycleus connexus (Marseul, 1872)
  • Hycleus dentatus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Hycleus dicinctus (Bertoloni, 1850)
  • Hycleus dubiosus (Marseul, 1870)
  • Hycleus dufouri (Graëlls, 1849)
  • Hycleus duodecimpunctatus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Hycleus esfandiarii (Kaszab, 1969)
  • Hycleus fuscus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Hycleus haemactus (Fairmaire, 1888)
  • Hycleus humerosus (Escherich, 1899)
  • Hycleus hypolachna (Gestro, 1895)
  • Hycleus lunatus (Pallas, 1782)
  • Hycleus marcipoli Pan & Bologna, 2014
  • Hycleus nigriplantis (Klug, 1845)
  • Hycleus nubicus (Marseul, 1872)
  • Hycleus ocellaris (Olivier, 1795)
  • Hycleus octodecimmaculatus (Marseul, 1870)
  • Hycleus oculatus (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Hycleus polymorphus (Pallas, 1771)
  • Hycleus pustulatus (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Hycleus pulchripennis (Pic, 1910)
  • Hycleus quatuordecimpunctatus (Pallas, 1781)
  • Hycleus ringenbachi Bologna, 2009[2]
  • Hycleus scabiosae (Olivier, 1811)
  • Hycleus schoenherri (Billberg, 1813)
  • Hycleus scutellatus (Rosenhauer, 1856)
  • Hycleus sexmaculatus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Hycleus shah (Reiche, 1866)
  • Hycleus sjoestedti (Borchmann in Sjöstedt, 1910)
  • Hycleus tenerus (Germar, 1834)
  • Hycleus tigripennis (Marseul, 1870)
  • Hycleus transvaalicus (Péringuey, 1904)
  • Hycleus tripunctatus (Thunberg, 1791)
  • Hycleus zavattarii (Gridelli, 1939)
  • Hycleus zebraeus (Marseul, 1870)
  • Hycleus zigzaga Marseul, 1872

References
  1. Bologna, Marco A.; Pan, Zhao; Monica, Carosi (2014). "A new Eastern Asian Hycleus and key to the Chinese species of the phaleratus group (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini)". ZooKeys (463): 11–19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.463.8261. PMC 4294299. PMID 25589860.
  2. Bologna, Marco A. (2009). "The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Libya: an annotated catalogue and description of three new species". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 45 (3): 345–364. doi:10.1080/00379271.2009.10697620.


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