Gonocephalum (false wireworm)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Gonocephalum
Preferred Common Name
- false wireworm
Other Scientific Names
- Hopatrum Blackburn, 1907
International Common Names
- English: darkling beetles; surface beetles
Local Common Names
- Germany: Staubkafer
EPPO code
- GONASP (Gonocephalum sp.)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Metazoa
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Uniramia
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Coleoptera
- Family: Tenebrionidae
- Genus: Gonocephalum
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
Last updated: 17 Feb 2021Continent/Country/Region | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | Reference | Notes |
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Africa |
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Cameroon | Present | ||||||
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Present | ||||||
Congo, Republic of the | Present | ||||||
Ethiopia | Present | ||||||
Kenya | Present | ||||||
Malawi | Present | ||||||
Mauritius | Present | ||||||
Senegal | Present | ||||||
South Africa | Present | ||||||
Tanzania | Present | ||||||
Uganda | Present | ||||||
Zambia | Present | ||||||
Zimbabwe | Present | ||||||
Asia |
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Bangladesh | Present | ||||||
India | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-Andhra Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Karnataka | Present | Original citation: Coleman & Kunhi Kannan, 1918 | |||||
-Tamil Nadu | Present | Original citation: Rangarajan et al. (1977) | |||||
-West Bengal | Present | ||||||
Indonesia | Present | ||||||
Philippines | Present | ||||||
South Korea | Present | ||||||
Turkey | Present | ||||||
Europe |
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Bulgaria | Present | ||||||
Italy | Present | ||||||
Russia | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-Central Russia | Present | ||||||
North America |
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United States | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-Hawaii | Present | ||||||
Oceania |
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Australia | Present | Present based on regional distribution. | |||||
-New South Wales | Present | ||||||
-Queensland | Present | ||||||
-South Australia | Present | ||||||
-Western Australia | Present |
List of Symptoms/Signs
Top of pageSign | Life Stages | Type |
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Fruit / internal feeding | ||
Growing point / external feeding | ||
Leaves / external feeding | ||
Seeds / internal feeding | ||
Stems / external feeding | ||
Whole plant / wilt |
Natural enemies
Top of pageNatural enemy | Type | Life stages | Specificity | References | Biological control in | Biological control on |
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Anomalon morleyi | Parasite | Arthropods|Larvae | ||||
Beauveria bassiana | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Larvae | ||||
Epyris extraneus | Parasite | Arthropods|Larvae | ||||
Metarhizium anisopliae | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Larvae |
References
Top of pageAlam MZ, 1962. A list of insects and mites of East Pakistan. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Department of Agriculture.
Breniere J, 1960. Note sur Gonocephalum simplex Fabr. coleoptere tenebrionida nuisible au tabac de Madagascar. Agronome Tropical, 14:459-469.
Coleman LC; Kunhi Kannan K, 1918. Ground beetles attacking crops in Mysore. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Mysore (Entomology), 5:1-16.
Forrester NW, 1980. Insect pests of sunflowers. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 91(5):34-37
Hill BG, 1966. Insects of cultivated and wild plants, Harar Province Ethiopia, 1960-1964. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 56:659-670.
Hooper GHS, 1959. A preliminary investigation into control of false wireworm on the Darling Downs. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science, 16:251-252.
Kaszab K, 1952. Die indomalaischen und ostasiatischen Arten der Gettung Gonocephalum Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 3:416-688.
Pelley RH le, 1968. Pests of Coffee. London and Harlow, UK: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.
Robertson LN, 1990. Population phenology of false wireworms in central Queensland crops. In: Kochman J, ed. Proceedings of the 8th Workshop of the Australian Sunflower Association. Toowoomba, Australia: Australian Sunflower Association, 148-151.
Robertson LN; Kettle BA, 1994. The effects of stubble retention on soil insect damage to sunflower seedlings in central Queensland. In: Cunningham I, ed. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Tropical Agricultural Entomology. Mareeba, Australia: Queensland Department of Primary Industries, 200-210.
Watt JC, 1974. A revised subfamily classification of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1(4):381-452
Wet EEde, 1989. Female reproductive system of adult Gonocephalum subcontractum (Gridelli) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 52(2):285-300
Williams FX, 1931. Handbook of the insects and other invertebrates of Hawaiian sugar cane fields. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.
Woods W; Michael P; Grimm M, 1990. Insect and allied pests of extensive farming. 3rd edn. Perth, Australia:Western Australian Department of Agriculture/Plant Protection Society of Western Australia.
Distribution References
Alam MZ, 1962. A list of insects and mites of East Pakistan., Dhaka, Bangladesh: Department of Agriculture.
CABI, Undated. Compendium record. Wallingford, UK: CABI
CABI, Undated a. CABI Compendium: Status inferred from regional distribution. Wallingford, UK: CABI
CABI, Undated b. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI
Woods W, Michael P, Grimm M, 1990. Insect and allied pests of extensive farming., Perth, Australia: Western Australian Department of Agriculture/Plant Protection Society of Western Australia.
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