Chrysomelinae
Chrysomelinae Temporal range:
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Chrysolina fastuosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802 |
Tribes | |
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The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). Some 2000 species are found, with worldwide distribution. The best-known member is the notorious Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), an important agricultural pest.
Behaviour[]
Some species of Chrysomelidae express high levels of maternal care for insects. Not only do they locate food-rich environments for their eggs, they protect both the eggs and the larvae after hatching.[1]
Evolutionary history[]
The oldest members of the family are several species of the genus , belonging to the extinct monotypic tribe Mesolpinini, known from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation of China.[2]
Selected genera[]
The subfamily includes the following genera:
- Agasta [3]
- Alfius
- Calligrapha
- Calomela
- Chalcolampra
- Chrysomela
- Chrysolina
- Colaphellus
- Colaspidema
- Crosita
- Cyrtonus
- Dicranosterna
- Entomoscelis
- Gastrophysa
- Geomela
- Gonioctena (includes Phytodecta)
- Hydrothassa
- Labidomera
- Lamprolina[4]
- Leptinotarsa
- Microtheca
- Oreina
- †Paleophaedon
- Paropsides
- Paropsis
- Paropsisterna
- Peltoschema
- Phaedon
- Phratora
- Phola
- Plagiodera
- Prasocuris
- Promechus
- Proseicela
- Rhaebosterna
- Smaragdina
- †Stenaspidiotus[5]
- Timarcha
- Trachymela
- Zygogramma
Gallery[]
Plagiodera versicolora, larva and adults
Labidomera clivicollis, larva
References[]
- ^ Windsor D.M.; Dury, G.J.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Lanckowsky S.; Pasteels, J.M. (2013). "Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics". ZooKeys (332): 71–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. PMC 3805320. PMID 24163582.
- ^ Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Moseyko, A. G.; Ren, Dong (December 2015). "Mesozoic leaf beetles of the tribe Mesolpinini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Lower Cretaceous". Paleontological Journal. 49 (13): 1424–1435. doi:10.1134/S0031030115130043. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 88128720.
- ^ Ge, Siqin; Daccordi, Mauro; Yang, Xingke (2008). "Revision of the Genus Agasta Hope (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". Entomological News. 119 (4): 375–388. doi:10.3157/0013-872X-119.4.375. S2CID 86563354.
- ^ "Lamprolina Baly, 1855". ala.org.au.
- ^ Poinar Jr, George (2013). "Stenaspidiotus microptilus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Dominican amber, with evidence of tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) oviposition". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 25 (1): 101–105. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.710443. S2CID 86500106.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chrysomelinae. |
- "Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Key to the British genera of Chrysomelinae
- Key to the Australian genera of Chrysomelinae (Reid)
- Chrysomelinae
- Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
- Beetle subfamilies
- Chrysomelinae stubs