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dc.contributor.authorPrathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran
dc.contributor.authorChaboo, Caroline S.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T15:39:19Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T15:39:19Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-21
dc.identifier.citationPrathapan, 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.issn1313-2989
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13201
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dc.description.abstractThe 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.publisherPensoft Publishers
dc.subjectleaf beetles
dc.subjectPodontia congregata
dc.subjectpest
dc.subjectgarcinia
dc.subjectclusiaceae
dc.subjectIndia
dc.titleBiology 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)
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kusw.kuauthorChaboo, Caroline S.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/zookeys.157.1472
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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