Hycleus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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

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

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  Seen in Karnataka

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  Orange Blister Beetle, Ransai, Maharashtra

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 (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 (Marseul, 1870)
• Hycleus fuscus (Olivier, 1811)
• Hycleus haemactus (Fairmaire, 1888)
• Hycleus hermanniae (Fabricius, 1792)
• 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
• 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 terminatus (Illiger, 1800)
• Hycleus tigripennis (Marseul, 1870)
• Hycleus transvaalicus (Péringuey, 1904)
• Hycleus tripunctatus (Thunberg, 1791)
• Hycleus zavattarii (Gridelli, 1939)
• Hycleus zebraeus (Marseul, 1870)
• Hycleus zigzaga Marseul, 1872

See also

In Spanish: Hycleus para niños