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.

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 fimbriatus, Hycleus hermanniae, and Hycleus chevrolati have affected early plantings of pearl millet crops.

Gallery

Partial list of species

Hycleus aegyptiacus

Hycleus allardi

Hycleus apicipennis

Hycleus arabicus

Hycleus belli

Hycleus higuttatus

Hycleus bipunctatus

Hycleus birecurvus

Hycleus bistillatus

Hycleus burchmannianus

Hycleus brevetarsalis

Hycleus chodschenticus

Hycleus cingulatus

Hycleus colligatus

Hycleus concinnus

Hycleus curticornis

Hycleus damohensis

Hycleus diversesignatus

Hycleus dohrni

Hycleus dolens

Hycleus esfandiarii

Hycleus flavohirtus

Hycleus gratiosus

Hycleus hanguensis

Hycleus himalayaensis

Hycleus hokumanensis

Hycleus horai

Hycleus infasciculatus

Hycleus japonicus

Hycleus javeti

Hycleus kirgisicus

Hycleus lacteus

Hycleus ligatus

Hycleus lindbergi

Hycleus linnavuorii

Hycleus mannheimsi

Hycleus mediozigzagus

Hycleus mediobipunctatus

Hycleus mediofasciatellus

Hycleus medioinsignatus

Hycleus nigrohirtus

Hycleus ocellaris

Hycleus ornatus

Hycleus parvulus

Hycleus phaleratus

Hycleus pierrei

Hycleus pitcheri

Hycleus postbilunulatus

Hycleus posticatus

Hycleus praeustus

Hycleus pseudobrunnipes

Hycleus pustulatus

Hycleus quatuordecimpunctatus

Hycleus raphael

Hycleus rotroui

Hycleus rubricollis

Hycleus scabratus

Hycleus scapularis

Hycleus schauffelei

Hycleus schoenherri

Hycleus sialanus

Hycleus silbermanni

Hycleus solanensis

Hycleus soumacovi

Hycleus subparallelus

Hycleus talhouki

Hycleus talyshensis

Hycleus tekkensis

Hycleus tenuepictus

Hycleus theryanus

Hycleus thunbergi

Hycleus tigripennis

Hycleus trianguliferus

Hycleus varius

Hycleus wagneri

References

External links

Biolib.cz

Meloidae

Beetles of Asia

Insect pests of millets