Urophorus humeralis

TaxID: 913129

Basic Information

Urophorus humeralis

Pineapple Sap Beetle, Sap beetle

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. 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.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Nitidulidae

Urophorus

humeralis

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Urophorus humeralis
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(c) Edithvale-Australia Insects and Spiders@BY-NC
Urophorus humeralis
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY
Urophorus humeralis
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(c) Eric Knopf@BY-NC
Urophorus humeralis
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC
Urophorus humeralis
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Greece Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (36 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

36
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Brazil Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cyprus Present —
Ecuador Present —
Egypt Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (59 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
THAMG6469-23 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 652 Thailand 2022-04-15 14.503, 101.925
SAFBB596-22 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 653 South Africa 2022-02-23 -30.004, 30.798000000000002
PAL213-18 - COI-5P 658 United States Minor Outlying Islands 2016-09-11 5.875, -162.106
PAL177-18 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 658 United States Minor Outlying Islands 2016-09-28 5.8870000000000005, -162.058
NZIND128-22 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 658 New Zealand 2017-06-07 -
KMPUJ3947-19 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 659 South Africa 2019-03-25 -25.354, 31.895
KMPUH1012-19 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 654 South Africa 2019-01-28 -25.354, 31.895
KMPUC431-18 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 652 South Africa 2018-06-22 -25.354, 31.895
KMPNQ1520-19 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 653 South Africa 2019-01-09 -23.222, 31.212
KMPDM1233-19 BOLD:ADV3214 COI-5P 654 South Africa 2019-03-09 -25.472, 31.508
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Literature