Calligrapha

Calligrapha
	Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Calligrapha; Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
	; Germar, 1821
Subgenera
	Bidensomela; Calligramma; Calligrapha; Erythrographa; Graphicallo;
Synonyms
	sensu stricto Polyspila Hope, 1840; Phyllis Gistel, 1848; Boliographa Motschulsky, 1860; Metallographa Motschulsky, 1860; Bidensomela Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955; Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955;

Calligrapha is a genus of large American Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles) of imprecise taxonomic boundaries.^[5] Most species occur in Central and South America.^[5]

Species[]

There are at least 50 species within this genus.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[2]^[9]

Stål, 1859
Bechyné, 1954
Calligrapha alni Schaeffer, 1928 (russet alder leaf beetle)
Calligrapha alnicola Brown, 1945
Calligrapha amator Brown, 1945 (Ontario calligrapha)
Knab, 1909
Gómez-Zurita, 2015
Stal, 1860
S. Clark and Cavey, 1995
Calligrapha apicalis Notman, 1919
Stål, 1859
(Say, 1835)
Calligrapha bidenticola Brown, 1945
Stål, 1860
Calligrapha californica Linell, 1896
Gómez-Zurita, 2015
(Schwarz, 1878)
Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, 1928
Stål, 1860
(Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha dislocata (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha diversa Stal, 1859
Calligrapha dolosa Brown, 1945
Calligrapha elegantula Jacoby, 1877
Stål, 1860
Jacoby, 1891
Calligrapha floridana Schaeffer, 1934
(Gistel, 1848)
Jacoby, 1891
Stål, 1860
Stål, 1859
Calligrapha ignota Brown, 1940
(Rogers, 1856)
Jacoby, 1882
Calligrapha knabi Brown, 1940
Stål, 1859
Stål, 1859
Calligrapha lunata (Fabricius, 1787) (moon-marked leaf beetle)
Erichson, 1847
Stål, 1859
Calligrapha multiguttata Stål, 1859
(Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha multipunctata (Say, 1824) (common willow calligrapha)
Stål, 1859
Stål, 1859
Brown, 1945
Calligrapha pantherina Stål, 1859
Bechyné, 1952
Gómez-Zurita, 2016
Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (dogwood calligrapha)
Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, 1860 (leaf beetle)
(Germar, 1821)
Calligrapha praecelsis (Rogers, 1856)
Calligrapha pruni Brown, 1945
Stål, 1859
Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909
Calligrapha rowena Knab, 1909
(Achard, 1923)
Calligrapha scalaris (J. E. LeConte, 1824) (elm calligrapha)
Bowditch, 1911
Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers, 1856) (globemallow leaf beetle)
Calligrapha sigmoidea (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
Stål, 1860
(Say, 1826)
Stål, 1859
Stål, 1859
Jacoby, 1882
Schaeffer, 1933^[10]
(Stål, 1860)
Gómez-Zurita, 2018
Gómez-Zurita, 2013
Brown, 1945
Stål, 1859
Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian, 1858)
Calligrapha vicina Schaeffer, 1933
(Chevrolat, 1833)
Brown, 1945
Bowditch, 1911
Gómez-Zurita, 2016

Gallery[]

Calligrapha sp.
Calligrapha amator
Calligrapha philadelphica

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Monrós, F. (1955). "On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 9 (4): 53–60. JSTOR 3998693.
^ ^a ^b Gómez-Zurita, J. (2018). "Systematic revision of Central American Calligrapha Chevrolat of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4531 (1): 1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.1.
^ ^a ^b Riley, E.G.; Clark, S.M.; Seeno, T.N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Sacramento, CA.: Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
^ Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.
^ ^a ^b Gómez-Zurita, Jesús (2015). "Systematic revision of the genus Calligrapha Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) in Central America: The group of Calligrapha argus Stål". Zootaxa. 3922 (1): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3922.1.1.
^ "Genus Calligrapha". BugGuide.net. 2003–2017. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^ "Browse Calligrapha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
^ Gómez-Zurita, J. (2021). "Systematic revision of Calligrapha s. str. Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4953 (1): 1–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4953.1.1.
^ Gómez-Zurita, J. (2016). "Systematic revision of Calligrapha Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with pale spots on dark elytra and description of two new species". Zootaxa. 4072 (1): 61–89. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.3.
^ Gómez-Zurita, J.; Vogler, A.P.; Funk, D.J. (2004). "Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 new status (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0028:DAONAT]2.0.CO;2.

External links[]

Images of some Calligrapha species at BugGuide.net
Data related to Calligrapha at Wikispecies

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[Monros1955-1] Monrós, F. (1955). "On some new genera of nearctic Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 9 (4): 53–60. JSTOR 3998693.

[GomezZurita2018-2] Gómez-Zurita, J. (2018). "Systematic revision of Central American Calligrapha Chevrolat of the subgenus Erythrographa subgen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4531 (1): 1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.1.

[Rileyetal2003-3] Riley, E.G.; Clark, S.M.; Seeno, T.N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Sacramento, CA.: Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.

[4] Bousquet, Yves; Bouchard, Patrice (2013). "The genera in the second catalogue (1833–1836) of Dejean's Coleoptera collection". ZooKeys (282): 1–219. doi:10.3897/zookeys.282.4401. PMC 3677338. PMID 23794836.

[Zootaxa-5] Gómez-Zurita, Jesús (2015). "Systematic revision of the genus Calligrapha Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) in Central America: The group of Calligrapha argus Stål". Zootaxa. 3922 (1): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3922.1.1.

[6] "Genus Calligrapha". BugGuide.net. 2003–2017. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[catlife-7] "Browse Calligrapha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.

[GomezZurita2021-8] Gómez-Zurita, J. (2021). "Systematic revision of Calligrapha s. str. Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4953 (1): 1–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4953.1.1.

[9] Gómez-Zurita, J. (2016). "Systematic revision of Calligrapha Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with pale spots on dark elytra and description of two new species". Zootaxa. 4072 (1): 61–89. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.3.

[10] Gómez-Zurita, J.; Vogler, A.P.; Funk, D.J. (2004). "Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933 new status (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0028:DAONAT]2.0.CO;2.

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Calligrapha

Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Calligrapha Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
^[4] Germar, 1821
Subgenera^[3]
Bidensomela Calligramma^[1] Calligrapha Erythrographa^[2] Graphicallo^[1]
Synonyms^[3]
sensu stricto Polyspila Hope, 1840 Phyllis Gistel, 1848 Boliographa Motschulsky, 1860 Metallographa Motschulsky, 1860 Bidensomela Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955^[1] Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955^[1]