Acalymma

Acalymma
	Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Luperini
Genus:	Acalymma; Barber, 1947

Acalymma is a genus of leaf beetles found mainly in the New World. Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

Pest Species and Impacts

In the United States, two species are major pests of cucurbits, the striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum), which is mainly found east of the Mississippi River, and Acalymma trivittatum which is mostly found west of the Mississippi.[2] Adults feed on young leaves, and larvae can damage roots.[3] A. vittatum vectors bacterial wilt Erwinia tracheiphila Holland (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) to the plants as it pierces plant stems to suck juices.[4]

Other species included

Acalymma albidovittata (Baly) – cucumber beetle
Acalymma bertoluccii Gilbert Clark, 2007 [5]
Acalymma bivittulum
Acalymma blandulum
Acalymma blomorum
Acalymma bruchii (Bowditch)
Acalymma fairmairei
Acalymma gouldi
Acalymma hirtum
Acalymma inea
Acalymma innubum
Acalymma isogena
Acalymma peregrinum
Acalymma subaeneum
Acalymma thiemei
Acalymma trivittatum
Acalymma undecimpunctata
Acalymma vinctum
Acalymma vittatum – striped cucumber beetle

References

Cabrera & Durante (2001). "Description of Mouthparts of the Genus Acalymma Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 127 (3): 371–379. JSTOR 25078752.
Steve Diver; Tammy Hinman (2008). "Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management" (PDF). ATTRA—National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
S. Toepfer; T. Haye; M. Erlandson; M. Goettel; J.G. Lundgren; R.G. Kleespies; D.C. Weber; G. Cabrera Walsh; A. Peters; R.-U. Ehlers; H. Strasser; D. Moore; S. Keller; S. Vidal; U. Kuhlmann. "A review of the natural enemies of beetles in the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): implications for sustainable pest management" (PDF). Biocontrol Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009, 1-65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
Fleischer, S.J., de Mackiewicz, D., Gildow, F.E., and Lukezic, F.L. (1999), Serological Estimates of the Seasonal Dynamics of Erwinia tracheiphila in Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Environmental Entomology, 28, 470-476.
Arthur J. Gilbert; Shawn M. Clark (2007). "A New Species of Acalymma Barber, 1947 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini), from Southeastern Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83 (4): 289–295. doi:10.3956/2007-11.1. S2CID 83473840.

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[1] Cabrera & Durante (2001). "Description of Mouthparts of the Genus Acalymma Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 127 (3): 371–379. JSTOR 25078752.

[2] Steve Diver; Tammy Hinman (2008). "Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management" (PDF). ATTRA—National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

[3] S. Toepfer; T. Haye; M. Erlandson; M. Goettel; J.G. Lundgren; R.G. Kleespies; D.C. Weber; G. Cabrera Walsh; A. Peters; R.-U. Ehlers; H. Strasser; D. Moore; S. Keller; S. Vidal; U. Kuhlmann. "A review of the natural enemies of beetles in the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): implications for sustainable pest management" (PDF). Biocontrol Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009, 1-65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.

[4] Fleischer, S.J., de Mackiewicz, D., Gildow, F.E., and Lukezic, F.L. (1999), Serological Estimates of the Seasonal Dynamics of Erwinia tracheiphila in Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Environmental Entomology, 28, 470-476.

[5] Arthur J. Gilbert; Shawn M. Clark (2007). "A New Species of Acalymma Barber, 1947 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini), from Southeastern Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83 (4): 289–295. doi:10.3956/2007-11.1. S2CID 83473840.