Metoponium
| Metoponium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Edrotini |
| Genus: | Metoponium Casey, 1907 |
Metoponium is a North American genus of darkling beetles.[1][2][3]
Description
Metoponium is one of several darkling beetle genera to have the ends of the protibia expanded dorsally.[1][3] It can be distinguished from related genera by the epistomal lobe (front edge of the head) being slightly concave and the presence of distinct carinae over the eyes.[1][3]
Ecology
Beetles of this genus have been found to damage crops such as tomato[4] and watermelon.[5]
Species
This genus comprises the two subgenera Metoponiopsis and Metoponium. Below are the described species as of 2018:[2]
Metoponiopsis
- Metoponium bicolor (Horn, 1870) - USA (AZ CA), MEX (BC)
Metoponium
- Metoponium abnorme abnorme (LeConte, 1851) - USA (CA)
- Metoponium abnorme faustum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium abnorme laticolle Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ ), MEX (BC BS)
- Metoponium angelicum Blaisdell, 1923 - MEX (BC)
- Metoponium arizonicum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium candidum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ ), MEX (SO)
- Metoponium cognitum Casey, 1907 - USA (TX)
- Metoponium concors Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium congener (Casey, 1890) - USA (TX)
- Metoponium convexicolle (LeConte, 1851) - USA (AZ CA NV ), MEX (BC BS)
- Metoponium crassum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium cribriceps Casey, 1907 - USA (NM TX)
- Metoponium cylindricum (Casey, 1890) - USA (CA)
- Metoponium dubium (Casey, 1884) - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium edax Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium egregium Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium emarginatum (Casey, 1884) - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium erosum Blaisdell, 1943 - MEX (BS)
- Metoponium extensum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium fatigans Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium fusculum (Casey, 1890) - USA (AZ CA)
- Metoponium gravidum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium gulosum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium hebes Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium insulare Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium integer Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium ludificans Casey, 1907 - USA (TX)
- Metoponium molestum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium nevadense Casey, 1907 - USA (NV)
- Metoponium opacipenne Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium pacificum Blaisdell, 1923 - MEX (BS)
- Metoponium pallescens Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium parvuliceps Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium perforatum anceps Casey, 1907 - USA (NM)
- Metoponium perforatum congruens Casey, 1907 - USA (NM)
- Metoponium perforatum perforatum (Casey, 1890) - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium phoenicis Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium politum (Casey, 1890) - USA (TX)
- Metoponium probatum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium procerum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium prolixum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium rufescens Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium rufopiceum Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium saginatum Casey, 1907 - USA (TX)
- Metoponium socium socium Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium socium subsimile Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
- Metoponium subovale Casey, 1907 - USA (UT)
- Metoponium tersum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium testaceum Casey, 1907 - USA (CA)
- Metoponium transversum Blaisdell, 1943 - MEX (BS)
- Metoponium truncaticeps Casey, 1907 - USA (AZ)
Identification
The genus was first described by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. in 1907, who included a key to this genus and a key to the species known at the time.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Genus Metoponium". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- 1 2 Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Johnston, M. Andrew; Steiner Jr., Warren E. (2018-01-15). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- 1 2 3 Aalbu, R. L.; Triplehorn, C. A.; Campbell, J. M.; Brown, K. W.; Somerby, R. E.; Thomas, D. B. (2002-06-19). "106. TENEBRIONIDAE Latreille 1802". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-4123-1.
- ↑ Cooperative economic insect report. Vol. v. 10 (Jan.-June 1960). Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]: Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. 1960. pp. 311, 557.
- ↑ Cooperative economic insect report. Vol. v. 9 (Jan.-June 1959). Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]: Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. 1959. p. 107.
- ↑ Casey, T L (1907). "A revision of the American components of the tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 9: 275–522. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1929. ISSN 0363-1095.