Ligyrus gibbosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Ligyrus
Species:
L. gibbosus
Binomial name
Ligyrus gibbosus
(De Geer, 1774)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothynus morio LeConte, 1847
  • Ligyrus arizonensis Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus bicorniculatus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus brevipes Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus breviusculus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus californicus Casey, 1909
  • Ligyrus curtipennis Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus effetus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus farctus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus lacustris Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus laetulus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus laevicauda Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus laticauda Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus laticollis Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus longulus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus lucublandus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus parallelus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus puncticauda Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus remotus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus rubidus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus scitulus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus spissipes Casey, 1909
  • Ligyrus texanus Casey, 1915
  • Ligyrus virginicus Casey, 1915
  • Podalgus variolosus Burmeister, 1847
  • Scarabaeus juvencus Fabricius, 1775
  • Tomarus gibbosus (De Geer, 1774)

Ligyrus gibbosus, the carrot beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] Adults are 13–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) long, dark reddish-brown to black, and larvae are white with a dark head.[4][5] It feeds on roots, grasses, and decaying vegetation in the soil, and is a pest of sunflowers and other crops.[6]

Systematics

L. gibbosus was formerly placed under the genus Tomarus until a 2022 revision by López-García, M.M. and C. Deloya.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomarus gibbosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Tomarus gibbosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Peairs, Frank B. (20 September 2018). "Carrot Beetle". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Managing Pests in Gardens: Floriculture: Invertebrates: Carrot beetle". University of California Integrated Pest Management. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Bottrell, D. C.; Brigham, R. D.; Jordan, L. B. (1 February 1973). "Carrot Beetle: Pest Status and Bionomics on Cultivated Sunflower". Journal of Economic Entomology. 66 (1): 86–90. doi:10.1093/jee/66.1.86.
  6. ↑ López-García, Margarita M.; Deloya, Cuauhtémoc (11 November 2022). "Cladistic analysis reveals polyphyly of Tomarus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): new classification and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 5211 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5211.1.1. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
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