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Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
dc.contributor.author | Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran | |
dc.contributor.author | Chaboo, Caroline S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-18T15:39:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-18T15:39:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal; Chaboo, Caroline S. 2011. Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with the first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly 1865, an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). ZooKeys 157:95Ð130. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.157.1472 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1313-2989 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13201 | |
dc.description | This is a publisher's version, also available electronically at http://www.pensoft.net/index.php. | |
dc.description.abstract | The biology, host plants, and pest status of Podontia Dalman, 1824 species are reviewed. Natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 a flea beetle endemic to southern India, is reported for the first time. It is distributed from the Western Ghats Mountains westward to the plains. Clusiaceae is reported as a new host plant family for Blepharida-group species, with Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N. Robson (Clusiaceae) as the host plant for P. congregata. Pentatomid bugs attack the larvae but not eggs, pupae, or adults. A new egg parasitoid species, Ooencyrtus keralensis Hayat and Prathapan, 2010 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), was discovered. Aspects of P. congregata host selection, life cycle, and larval fecal defenses are consistent with its inclusion in the Blepharida-genus group. | |
dc.publisher | Pensoft Publishers | |
dc.subject | leaf beetles | |
dc.subject | Podontia congregata | |
dc.subject | pest | |
dc.subject | garcinia | |
dc.subject | clusiaceae | |
dc.subject | India | |
dc.title | Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly, 1865 an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Chaboo, Caroline S. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3897/zookeys.157.1472 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |