''Hycleus'' is a genus of
blister beetle
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their ...
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''.
Ecology
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.
In northern Nigeria, heavy infestations of ''
Hycleus terminatus
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
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Hycleus fimbriatus
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers fr ...
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Hycleus hermanniae
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
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Hycleus chevrolati
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
'' have affected early plantings of pearl millet crops.
Gallery
File:Mylabris pustulata.JPG, Seen in Karnataka
File:Orange_Blister_Beetle_(Mylabris_pustulata)_on_Ipomoea_carnea_W2_IMG_0597.jpg,
File:Orange BlisterBeetle Ransai Maharashtra.jpg, Orange Blister Beetle, Ransai, Maharashtra
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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 chevrolati
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
''
(Beauregard, 1889)
* ''
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 fimbriatus
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers fr ...
''
(Marseul, 1870)
* ''
Hycleus fuscus''
(Olivier, 1811)
* ''
Hycleus haemactus''
(Fairmaire, 1888)
* ''
Hycleus hermanniae
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
''
(Fabricius, 1792)
* ''
Hycleus humerosus''
(Escherich, 1899)
* ''
Hycleus hypolachna''
(Gestro, 1895)
* ''
Hycleus lunatus''
(Pallas, 1782)
* ''
Hycleus marcipoli''
Pan & Bologna, 2014
* ''
Hycleus nigriplantis
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers fr ...
''
(Klug, 1845)
* ''
Hycleus nubicus''
(Marseul, 1872)
* ''
Hycleus ocellaris
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers ...
''
(Olivier, 1795)
* ''
Hycleus octodecimmaculatus''
(Marseul, 1870)
* ''
Hycleus oculatus''
(Thunberg, 1791)
* ''
Hycleus polymorphus
''Hycleus polymorphus'' is a species of ''Blister Beetles'' belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae.
Distribution and habitat
These beetles are present in most of Europe, in the Near East, and in the eastern Palearctic realm. They ...
''
(Pallas, 1771)
* ''
Hycleus pustulatus''
(Thunberg, 1791)
* ''
Hycleus pulchripennis
''Hycleus pulchripennis'' is a species of blister beetles of the family Meloidae that lives in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1910. Formerly described as species of the genus '' Actenodia'', it was attributed to ''Hycleus ...
''
(Pic, 1910)
* ''
Hycleus quatuordecimpunctatus''
(Pallas, 1781)
* ''
Hycleus ringenbachi''
Bologna, 2009
* ''
Hycleus scabiosae''
(Olivier, 1811)
* ''
Hycleus schoenherri''
(Billberg, 1813)
* ''
Hycleus scutellatus''
(Rosenhauer, 1856)
* ''
Hycleus sexmaculatus''
(Olivier, 1811)
* ''
Hycleus shah''
(Reiche, 1866)
* ''
Hycleus sjoestedti
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
''
(Borchmann in Sjöstedt, 1910)
* ''
Hycleus tenerus''
(Germar, 1834)
* ''
Hycleus terminatus
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
''
(Illiger, 1800)
* ''
Hycleus tigripennis''
(Marseul, 1870)
* ''
Hycleus transvaalicus
''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''.
Ecology
Adults feed mainly on flowers f ...
''
(Péringuey, 1904)
* ''
Hycleus tripunctatus''
(Thunberg, 1791)
* ''
Hycleus zavattarii''
(Gridelli, 1939)
* ''
Hycleus zebraeus''
(Marseul, 1870)
* ''
Hycleus zigzaga''
Marseul, 1872
References
External links
Biolib.cz
Meloidae
Beetles of Asia
Insect pests of millets
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