Urophorus humeralis, known generally as the pineapple beetle or yellow-shouldered souring beetle, is a species of sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It is found in Africa, North America, Oceania, Southern Asia, Europe, and temperate Asia.[1][2][3] The species is known to be a vector of Ceratocystis paradoxa in sugarcane in Hawaii, and the beetles are attracted to diseased sugarcane more than healthy sugarcane, with Ceratocystis paradoxa being more nutritious to U. humeralis larvae.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Genus: | Urophorus |
| Species: | U. humeralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Urophorus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Urophorus humeralis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Urophorus humeralis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Urophorus humeralis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Chang, V. C. S.; Jensen, Leslie (1 April 1974). "Transmission of the Pineapple Disease Organism of Sugarcane by Nitidulid Beetles in Hawaii12". Journal of Economic Entomology. 67 (2): 190–192. doi:10.1093/jee/67.2.190. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
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