# Acalymma
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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Striped cuke beetle 1119.JPG
| image_caption = [Striped cucumber beetle](/source/Striped_cucumber_beetle) (''Acalymma vittatum'')
| taxon = Acalymma
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [Barber](/source/Herbert_Spencer_Barber), 1947
| type_species = ''[Acalymma gouldi](/source/Acalymma_gouldi)''
| type_species_authority = [Barber](/source/Herbert_Spencer_Barber), 1947
}}
'''''Acalymma''''' is a genus of [leaf beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s found mainly in the [New World](/source/New_World). Approximately 72 species have been described in the Western Hemisphere.[{{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}}]
==Pest Species and Impacts==
In the [United States](/source/United_States), two species are major pests of [cucurbit](/source/Cucurbitaceae)s, the [striped cucumber beetle](/source/striped_cucumber_beetle) (''Acalymma vittatum''), which is mainly found east of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River), and ''Acalymma trivittatum'' which is mostly found west of the Mississippi.[{{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 }}] Adults feed on young leaves, and larvae can damage roots.[{{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 }}] ''A. vittatum'' vectors bacterial wilt ''[Erwinia tracheiphila](/source/Erwinia_tracheiphila)'' Holland (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) to the plants as it pierces plant stems to suck juices.[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.]
==Species included==
The genus includes the following species:[{{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](/source/Memoirs_of_the_Entomological_Society_of_Canada)|volume=112|pages=1–92|doi=10.4039/entm112112fv}}][{{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}}][{{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 }}]
*''[Acalymma bivittulum](/source/Acalymma_bivittulum)'' (Kirsch, 1883) (Synonym: ''A. xanthographa'' Bechyné, 1955)[{{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}}]
*''[Acalymma blandulum](/source/Acalymma_blandulum)'' (LeConte, 1868)
*''[Acalymma blomorum](/source/Acalymma_blomorum)'' Munroe & [Smith](/source/Ray_F._Smith), 1980
*''[Acalymma bruchii](/source/Acalymma_bruchii)'' (Bowditch, 1911)
*''[Acalymma caucum](/source/Acalymma_caucum)'' [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1956
*''[Acalymma cornutum](/source/Acalymma_cornutum)'' (Baly, 1886)
*''[Acalymma cryptogrammum](/source/Acalymma_cryptogrammum)'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968
*''[Acalymma fairmairei](/source/Acalymma_fairmairei)'' (Baly, 1886)
*''[Acalymma flavovittatum](/source/Acalymma_flavovittatum)'' (Baly, 1886)
*''[Acalymma gouldi](/source/Acalymma_gouldi)'' Barber, 1947
*''[Acalymma hirtum](/source/Acalymma_hirtum)''
*''[Acalymma horni](/source/Acalymma_horni)'' (Jacoby, 1887)
*''[Acalymma incum](/source/Acalymma_incum)''
*''[Acalymma innubum](/source/Acalymma_innubum)'' (Fabricius, 1775)
*''[Acalymma invenustum](/source/Acalymma_invenustum)'' Munroe & Smith, 1980
*''[Acalymma isogenum](/source/Acalymma_isogenum)'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1968
*''[Acalymma longicolle](/source/Acalymma_longicolle)'' (Jacoby, 1887)
*''[Acalymma luridifrons](/source/Acalymma_luridifrons)'' Munroe & Smith, 1980
*''[Acalymma mysticum](/source/Acalymma_mysticum)'' (Jacoby, 1887)
*''[Acalymma obscurofasciatum](/source/Acalymma_obscurofasciatum)'' (Jacoby, 1887)
*''[Acalymma palomarense](/source/Acalymma_palomarense)'' Munroe & Smith, 1980
*''[Acalymma peregrinum](/source/Acalymma_peregrinum)'' (Jacoby, 1892)
*''[Acalymma punctatum](/source/Acalymma_punctatum)'' Bechyné, 1958
*''[Acalymma semifemoratum](/source/Acalymma_semifemoratum)'' (Gahan, 1891)
*''[Acalymma solarianum](/source/Acalymma_solarianum)'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1962
*''[Acalymma subaeneum](/source/Acalymma_subaeneum)''
*''[Acalymma thiemei](/source/Acalymma_thiemei)''
*''[Acalymma trivittatum](/source/Acalymma_trivittatum)'' (Mannerheim, 1843) – western striped cucumber beetle
*''[Acalymma vinctum](/source/Acalymma_vinctum)'' (LeConte, 1878)
*''[Acalymma vittatum](/source/Acalymma_vittatum)'' (Fabricius, 1775) – striped cucumber beetle
*''[Acalymma vittigerum](/source/Acalymma_vittigerum)'' (Boheman, 1859)
==References==
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