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Urophorus humeralis

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Species of beetle

Urophorus humeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Nitidulidae
Genus: Urophorus
Species: U. humeralis
Binomial name
Urophorus humeralis
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Carpophilus foveicollis Murray, 1864
  • Carpophilus picinus (Boheman, 1851)
  • Carpophilus rickseckeri Fall, 1910

Urophorus humeralis, known generally as the pineapple beetle or yellow-shouldered souring beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, North America, Oceania, Southern Asia, Europe, and temperate Asia. The species is known to be a vector of Ceratocystis paradoxa in sugarcane in Hawaii, and the beetles are attracted to diseased sugarcane more than healthy sugarcane, with Ceratocystis paradoxa being more nutritious to U. humeralis larvae.

References

  1. ^ "Urophorus humeralis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Urophorus humeralis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Urophorus humeralis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. Chang, V. C. S.; Jensen, Leslie (1 April 1974). "Transmission of the Pineapple Disease Organism of Sugarcane by Nitidulid Beetles in Hawaii12". Journal of Economic Entomology. 67 (2): 190–192. doi:10.1093/jee/67.2.190. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

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Taxon identifiers
Urophorus humeralis
Nitidula humeralis


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