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Acropteroxys gracilis

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Species of beetle

Acropteroxys gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Acropteroxys
Species: A. gracilis
Binomial name
Acropteroxys gracilis
(Newman, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Languria divisa Horn, 1885

Acropteroxys gracilis, the slender lizard beetle, is a species of lizard beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is found in Central America and North America, including into Canada.

With a body length range of 6-12mm, it is narrower and shorter than its relative, A. lecontei, the only other currently described species within this genus.

It is reported to feed upon ambrosia plant species such as the common ragweed. Members of this plant genus are serious agricultural pests and so this insect species has been investigated for potential use as a biocontrol agent. However, A. gracilis is considered an economic pest due to its activity boring into the stems of Trifolium pratense (red clover), Medicago sativa (alfalfa) and Melilotus spp. (sweet clover) as well as a number of other plants in the Asteraceae, Poaceae and Urticaceae families.

References

  1. "Acropteroxys gracilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Acropteroxys gracilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Acropteroxys gracilis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. A review of the North American Languriidae. Vaurie P. 1948. Bull. AMNH 92: 119-156.
  5. ^ Majka, Christopher & Migneault, Richard & Webster, Reginald. (2010). Acropteroxys gracilis (Newman): the first reports of a lizard beetle (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Entomol. Soc. 6. 28-29.

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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Acropteroxys gracilis


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