Typophorus nigritus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Typophorini
Genus: Typophorus
Species: Typophorus nigritus

Typophorus nigritus is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2]

Two subspecies, T. nigritus nitidulus and T. nigritus viridicyaneus, are known as pests of sweet potatoes.[3]
Subspecies

There are 13 subspecies of T. nigritus:

Typophorus nigritus chalceus Lefèvre, 1877[1]
Typophorus nigritus coronadoi Bechyné, 1948
Typophorus nigritus cretifer Bechyné, 1953[2]
Typophorus nigritus erbeni Bechyné, 1948
Typophorus nigritus interpositus Bechyné, 1951
Typophorus nigritus lucens Bechyné, 1953[2]
Typophorus nigritus molnari Bechyné, 1953[2]
Typophorus nigritus nigritus (Fabricius, 1801)
Typophorus nigritus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1801)
Typophorus nigritus obliquus Baly, 1859[4]
Typophorus nigritus paradoxus Jacoby, 1882[5]
Typophorus nigritus punctatissimus Bechyné, 1948
Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Crotch, 1873)[6] (sweetpotato leaf beetle)

References

Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la Famille des Eumolpides (2e partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 309–326.
Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
Santoro, F. H.; Bezzi, A.; Vigevano, A.; Cantos, F. (1980). "Biología del negrito de la batata, Typophorus nigritus nitidulus (F.) y ensayo preliminar sobre control químico de adultos (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae-Eumolpinae)". IDIA (Buenos Aires). 373–375: 13–44.
Baly, J. S. (1859). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous insects". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3. 4 (20): 124–128. doi:10.1080/00222935908697096.
Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. 6. pp. 105–187.
Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.