Ligyrus gibbosus, the carrot beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] Adults are 13–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) long, dark reddish-brown to black, and larvae are white with a dark head.[4][5] It feeds on roots, grasses, and decaying vegetation in the soil, and is a pest of sunflowers and other crops.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ligyrus |
| Species: | L. gibbosus
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| Ligyrus gibbosus (De Geer, 1774)
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Systematics
editL. gibbosus was formerly placed under the genus Tomarus until a 2022 revision by López-García, M.M. and C. Deloya.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tomarus gibbosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Tomarus gibbosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ligyrus gibbosus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Peairs, Frank B. (20 September 2018). "Carrot Beetle". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Managing Pests in Gardens: Floriculture: Invertebrates: Carrot beetle". University of California Integrated Pest Management. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Bottrell, D. C.; Brigham, R. D.; Jordan, L. B. (1 February 1973). "Carrot Beetle: Pest Status and Bionomics on Cultivated Sunflower". Journal of Economic Entomology. 66 (1): 86–90. doi:10.1093/jee/66.1.86.
- ^ López-García, Margarita M.; Deloya, Cuauhtémoc (11 November 2022). "Cladistic analysis reveals polyphyly of Tomarus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): new classification and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 5211 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5211.1.1. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.