Amphimallon solstitiale

TaxID: 360071

Basic Information

Amphimallon solstitiale

Bordás sárgacserebogár, Summer Chafer

Amphimallon solstitiale, also known as the summer chafer or European june beetle, is a beetle similar to the cockchafer but much smaller, approximately 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length. They are declining in numbers now, but where found they are often seen in large numbers. At dusk they actively fly around tree tops looking for a mate and can often be found drowning in pools of water the following morning. They are also attracted to light and come in through open, lit windows and fly around lamps, making quite a racket while bumping into lights. They are found throughout the Palearctic region (and North America) and, commonly seen from June to August, living in meadows, hedgerows, and gardens, and eating plants and tree foliage. The larva of summer chafer undergo a two to three-year period of development underground, feeding upon host plants. Carabid beetles, such as Poecilus cupreus, hunt and consume larvae and serve as a primary predator in arable fields. These June beetles act as root pests for a number of economically important crops including potatoes, rape, legumes, chestnuts, and turfgrass. As generalist herbivores, they primarily feed upon secondary roots with smaller amounts of anti-herbivore chemicals across many different species. Several chemical and bio-control agents have been developed to control their populations, including their endemic bacteria and entomopathogenic nematodes.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Amphimallon

solstitiale

nan

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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 (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (45 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Switzerland Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_963170755.1 Chromosome 1584 3724 150921 -
GCA_963170735.1 Scaffold - - - - -

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
ERR12862076 - - NOT COLLECTED 37192079 -

DNA Barcodes (40 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UKAN1593-23 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2022-06-29 52.6925, 1.4594
TDAOE2659-23 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Austria 2022-06-23 48.56626, 16.37482
GMBMP014-17 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 564 Belarus 2016-07-28 53.9156, 27.6062
GCOL4373-16 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2014-06-07 51.9372, 10.9134
GCOL2327-16 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2012-07-20 51.4685, 11.2769
GCOL1787-16 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2012-07-27 50.9211, 11.533
GCOL1512-16 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2012-06-23 50.6783, 11.6028
GCOL1175-16 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2012-07-04 50.8432, 11.6092
GBMNA40374-19 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 1531 China - -
GBCOU3857-13 BOLD:AAJ2309 COI-5P 658 Germany 2012-07-05 50.848564, 6.846779
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