Acalymma

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Striped cuke beetle 1119.JPG | image_caption = Striped cucumber beetle (''Acalymma vittatum'') | taxon = Acalymma | display_parents = 3 | authority = Barber, 1947 | type_species = ''Acalymma gouldi'' | type_species_authority = 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.<ref name="CabreraDurante2001">{{cite journal | author = Cabrera & Durante | jstor = 25078752 | title = Description of Mouthparts of the Genus ''Acalymma'' Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) | journal = Transactions of the American Entomological Society|year= 2001 | volume=127 | issue = 3 | pages=371–379}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/cucumberbeetle.pdf | title = Cucumber Beetles: Organic and Biorational Integrated Pest Management | author1 = Steve Diver | author2 = Tammy Hinman | publisher = ATTRA—National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service | year = 2008 | access-date = 2009-12-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100816153647/http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/cucumberbeetle.pdf | archive-date = 2010-08-16 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Adults feed on young leaves, and larvae can damage roots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/30357/1/IND44203826.pdf |author1=S. Toepfer |author2=T. Haye |author3=M. Erlandson |author4=M. Goettel |author5=J.G. Lundgren |author6=R.G. Kleespies |author7=D.C. Weber |author8=G. Cabrera Walsh |author9=A. Peters |author10=R.-U. Ehlers |author11=H. Strasser |author12=D. Moore |author13=S. Keller |author14=S. Vidal |author15=U. Kuhlmann |title=A review of the natural enemies of beetles in the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): implications for sustainable pest management |publisher=Biocontrol Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009, 1-65 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070300/http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/30357/1/IND44203826.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> ''A. vittatum'' vectors bacterial wilt ''Erwinia tracheiphila'' Holland (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) to the plants as it pierces plant stems to suck juices.<ref>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.</ref>

==Species included== The genus includes the following species:<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Munroe|first1=D.D.|last2=Smith|first2=R.F.|year=1980|title=A revision of the systematics of ''Acalymma'' sensu stricto Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from North America including Mexico|journal=Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada|volume=112|pages=1–92|doi=10.4039/entm112112fv}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cabrera|first=N.|year=1999|title=Contribución para el conocimiento del género ''Acalymma'' en la Argentina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|trans-title=Contribution to the knowledge of the genus ''Acalymma'' in Argentine (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/32563/28936|journal=Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina|volume=58|issue=3–4|pages=91–105|language=es}}</ref><ref name="CabreraDurante2001"/> *''Acalymma albidovittatum'' (Baly, 1889) – cucumber beetle *''Acalymma bechynei'' Cabrera, 1999 *''Acalymma bertoluccii'' Gilbert & Clark, 2007<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Arthur J. Gilbert |author2=Shawn M. Clark | title = A New Species of ''Acalymma'' Barber, 1947 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini), from Southeastern Arizona and New Mexico, U.S.A |journal=The Pan-Pacific Entomologist |volume=83 |issue=4 |pages=289–295 |doi=10.3956/2007-11.1 |year=2007 |s2cid=83473840 }}</ref> *''Acalymma bivittulum'' (Kirsch, 1883) (Synonym: ''A. xanthographa'' Bechyné, 1955)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cabrera|first=N.|year=2001|title=''Acalymma xanthographa'' sinónimo junior de ''A. bivittula bivittula'' (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)|journal=Neotrópica|volume=47|pages=107–108|language=es}}</ref> *''Acalymma blandulum'' (LeConte, 1868) *''Acalymma blomorum'' Munroe & Smith, 1980 *''Acalymma bruchii'' (Bowditch, 1911) *''Acalymma caucum'' Bechyné, 1956 *''Acalymma cornutum'' (Baly, 1886) *''Acalymma cryptogrammum'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968 *''Acalymma fairmairei'' (Baly, 1886) *''Acalymma flavovittatum'' (Baly, 1886) *''Acalymma gouldi'' Barber, 1947 *''Acalymma hirtum'' *''Acalymma horni'' (Jacoby, 1887) *''Acalymma incum'' *''Acalymma innubum'' (Fabricius, 1775) *''Acalymma invenustum'' Munroe & Smith, 1980 *''Acalymma isogenum'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968 *''Acalymma longicolle'' (Jacoby, 1887) *''Acalymma luridifrons'' Munroe & Smith, 1980 *''Acalymma mysticum'' (Jacoby, 1887) *''Acalymma obscurofasciatum'' (Jacoby, 1887) *''Acalymma palomarense'' Munroe & Smith, 1980 *''Acalymma peregrinum'' (Jacoby, 1892) *''Acalymma punctatum'' Bechyné, 1958 *''Acalymma semifemoratum'' (Gahan, 1891) *''Acalymma solarianum'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1962 *''Acalymma subaeneum'' *''Acalymma thiemei'' *''Acalymma trivittatum'' (Mannerheim, 1843) – western striped cucumber beetle *''Acalymma vinctum'' (LeConte, 1878) *''Acalymma vittatum'' (Fabricius, 1775) – striped cucumber beetle *''Acalymma vittigerum'' (Boheman, 1859)

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