Scarab beetle
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Striped scarab beetle ( Sitona lineatus ) |
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| Germar , 1817 |
The leaf beetles , also gray weevils ( Sitona ) form a genus in the family of the weevils (Curculionidae).
features
These are four to eight millimeters long, gray to brownish-gray beetles , which particularly eat the leaves of field beans , peas , clover , alfalfa and lupine . The legless larvae feed on roots or root nodules.
species
In recent years, several species from the genus Sitona have been relocated to the genera Charagmus and Coelositona .
The genus Sitona is represented in Europe with 54 species (as of 2018).
- Sitona ambiguus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona anchora Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona bicolor Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona bosnicus Apfelbeck , 1899
- Sitona brachypterus Israelson , 1980
- Sitona brucki Allard , 1870
- Sitona callosus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona cambricus Stephens , 1831
- Sitona canus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona cinerascens Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona cinnamomeus Allard , 1863
- Sitona cylindricollis Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona gemellatus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona giraudi Hoffmann , 1938
- Sitona goetzelmanni Solari , 1909
- Sitona hirsutus Desbrochers , 1884
- Sitona hispidulus ( Fabricius , 1776)
- Sitona humeralis Stephens , 1831
- Sitona inops Gyllenhal , 1832
- Sitona languidus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona lateralis Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona latipennis Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona limosus Rossi , 1892
- Striped scarab beetle ( Sitona lineatus ) ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Sitona lineellus ( Bonsdorff , 1785)
- Sitona lividipes Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona longulus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona macularius ( Marsham , 1802)
- Sitona mateui Roudier , 1958
- Sitona niger Allard , 1864
- Sitona ocellatus sexton , 1849
- Sitona onerosus Faust , 1890
- Sitona ophtalmicus Desbrochers , 1869
- Sitona ovipennis Hochhuth , 1851
- Sitona pseudohispidulus Franz , 1987
- Sitona puberulus Reitter , 1903
- Sitona puncticeps Sahlberg , 1921
- Sitona puncticollis Stephens , 1831
- Sitona ragusae Reitter , 1903
- Sitona regensteinensis ( autumn , 1794)
- Sitona sekerae Reitter , 1903
- Sitona setuliferus Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona striatellus Gyllenhal , 1834
- Sitona sulcifrons ( Thunberg , 1798)
- Sitona suturalis Stephens , 1831
- Sitona syriacus Stierlin , 1884
- Sitona tenuis Rosenhauer , 1847
- Sitona treneri Solari , 1948
- Sitona ursus Desbrochers , 1894
- Sitona verecundus Rossi , 1890
- Sitona virgatus Fåhraeus , 1840
- Sitona waterhousei Walton , 1846
credentials
- ↑ Check field beans and peas for scarab beetles and weeds
- ↑ a b Sitona at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 20, 2018
Web links
Commons : Sitona - collection of images, videos and audio files
