Gonocephalum depressum explained

Gonocephalum depressum is a species of darkling beetle.^[1] The species is widespread in South Asian and South East Asian countries such as, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, Afghanistan and China.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

In Kerala, India, the larva of the beetle is considered as a pest of sweet potato.^[6] The seeds of Aeginetia pedunculata are known to attack by the adults where infestations are common during October to November.^[7] It is also a predator of the pest Chilo partellus.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Iwan . Dariusz . Merkl . Ottó . Ferrer . Julio . June 2011 . Catalogue of the World Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini). Part 2. Comments, Additions and References . 2021-07-04 . Annales Zoologici . 61 . 2 . 259–276 . 10.3161/000345411X584762. 84961660 .
2. Web site: Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 Darkling Beetles . 2021-07-03 . Thailand Nature Project.
3. Chromosomes of some Indian tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) . 2021-07-03 . Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B. 1975 . 10.1007/BF03050741 . Dasgupta . J. . 81 . 1–6 . 82156466 .
4. Web site: Checklist of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Sikkim with two new records . 2021-07-03 . International Journal of Pure and Applied Science.
5. Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India . Journal on New Biological Reports . 2 . 2 . 130–141 . 2013.
6. MARKOWITZ . IRVING . December 1979 . New records of insect pests of sweet potato in Kerala. . 2021-07-04 . Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala 1982 Vol.20 No.1 pp.84-88 ref.13 . 1628 . 136. 10.1176/ajp.136.12.1628.
7. Natural biocontrol agents of Aeginetia pedunculata (Roxb.) Wall. (Orobanchaceae), a root holoparasitic angiosperm of sugarcane . 2021-07-03 . Journal of Biological Control. 14 September 2010 . 24 . 3 . 288–290 . Ray . Bikash Ranjan . Dasgupta . Mrinal Kanti .
8. The biology of false wireworms and their adults (soil-inhabiting Tenebrionidae) (Coleoptera): a review . 2021-07-03 . Bulletin of Entomological Research. 1980 . 10.1017/S0007485300007628 . Allsopp . P. G. . 70 . 3 . 343–379 .