Gonocephalum depressum

Gonocephalum depressum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Opatrini
Genus: Gonocephalum
Species:
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]

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. S2CID 84961660. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  2. ^ "Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 Darkling Beetles". Thailand Nature Project. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  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. S2CID 82156466. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ^ "Checklist of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Sikkim with two new records". International Journal of Pure and Applied Science. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  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". Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala 1982 Vol.20 No.1 pp.84-88 ref.13. 136: 1628. doi:10.1176/ajp.136.12.1628. 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. 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. Retrieved 2021-07-03.


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