Acalymma Explained
Acalymma is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World. Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.[1]
Pest Species and Impacts
In the United States, two species are major pests of cucurbits, the striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum), which is mainly found east of the Mississippi River, and Acalymma trivittatum which is mostly found west of the Mississippi.[2] Adults feed on young leaves, and larvae can damage roots.[3] A. vittatum vectors bacterial wilt Erwinia tracheiphila Holland (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) to the plants as it pierces plant stems to suck juices.[4]
Species included
The genus includes the following species:[5] [6] [1]
- Acalymma albidovittatum (Baly, 1889) – cucumber beetle
- Acalymma bechynei Cabrera, 1999
- Acalymma bertoluccii Gilbert & Clark, 2007[7]
- Acalymma bivittulum (Kirsch, 1883) (Synonym: A. xanthographa Bechyné, 1955)[8]
- Acalymma blandulum (LeConte, 1868)
- Acalymma blomorum Munroe & Smith, 1980
- Acalymma bruchii (Bowditch, 1911)
- Acalymma caucum Bechyné, 1956
- Acalymma cornutum (Baly, 1886)
- Acalymma cryptogrammum Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968
- Acalymma fairmairei (Baly, 1886)
- Acalymma flavovittatum (Baly, 1886)
- Acalymma gouldi Barber, 1947
- Acalymma hirtum
- Acalymma horni (Jacoby, 1887)
- Acalymma incum
- Acalymma innubum (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acalymma invenustum Munroe & Smith, 1980
- Acalymma isogenum Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968
- Acalymma longicolle (Jacoby, 1887)
- Acalymma luridifrons Munroe & Smith, 1980
- Acalymma obscurofasciatum (Jacoby, 1887)
- Acalymma palomarense Munroe & Smith, 1980
- Acalymma peregrinum (Jacoby, 1892)
- Acalymma punctatum Bechyné, 1958
- Acalymma semifemoratum (Gahan, 1891)
- Acalymma solarianum Bechyné & Bechyné, 1962
- Acalymma subaeneum
- Acalymma thiemei
- Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim, 1843) – western striped cucumber beetle
- Acalymma vinctum (LeConte, 1878)
- Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius, 1775) – striped cucumber beetle
- Acalymma vittigerum (Boheman, 1859)
Notes and References
- Cabrera & Durante . 25078752 . Description of Mouthparts of the Genus Acalymma Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) . Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 2001 . 127 . 3 . 371–379.
- Web site: Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management . Steve Diver . Tammy Hinman . ATTRA—National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service . 2008 . 2009-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100816153647/http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/cucumberbeetle.pdf . 2010-08-16 . dead .
- Web site: A review of the natural enemies of beetles in the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): implications for sustainable pest management . S. Toepfer . T. Haye . M. Erlandson . M. Goettel . J.G. Lundgren . R.G. Kleespies . D.C. Weber . G. Cabrera Walsh . A. Peters . R.-U. Ehlers . H. Strasser . D. Moore . S. Keller . S. Vidal . U. Kuhlmann . Biocontrol Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009, 1-65 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070300/http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/30357/1/IND44203826.pdf . 2011-07-21 .
- Fleischer, S.J., de Mackiewicz, D., Gildow, F.E., and Lukezic, F.L. (1999), Serological Estimates of the Seasonal Dynamics of Erwinia tracheiphila in Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Environmental Entomology, 28, 470-476.
- Munroe. D.D.. Smith. R.F.. 1980. A revision of the systematics of Acalymma sensu stricto Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from North America including Mexico. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 112. 1–92. 10.4039/entm112112fv.
- Cabrera. N.. 1999. Contribución para el conocimiento del género Acalymma en la Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Acalymma in Argentine (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 58. 3–4. 91–105. es.
- Arthur J. Gilbert . Shawn M. Clark . A New Species of Acalymma Barber, 1947 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini), from Southeastern Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A . The Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 83 . 4 . 289–295 . 10.3956/2007-11.1 . 2007 . 83473840 .
- Cabrera. N.. 2001. Acalymma xanthographa sinónimo junior de A. bivittula bivittula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Neotrópica. 47. 107–108. es.