Dicranosterna

Dicranosterna
	Dicranosterna immaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Genus:	Dicranosterna; Motschulsky, 1860
Species
	; ; Dicranosterna semipunctata; See text for complete list

Dicranosterna is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.

These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical).^[1] The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned).

There are 36 species^[2] and they occur throughout Australia.^[3]

Dicranosterna is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs).^[4]

Gallery[]

Dicranosterna vexabilis
Dicranosterna semipunctata
Dicranosterna immaculata larva

Species[]

Chapuis, 1877
(Chapuis, 1877)]]
(Daccordi, 2005)
(Daccordi, 2003)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Stål, 1860)
(Olivier, 1807)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Marsham, 1808)
(Blackburn, 1893)
(Weise, 1917)
(Blackburn, 1890)
(Daccordi, 2003)
(Lea, 1924)
(Lea, 1924)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Blackburn, 1896)
(Olivier, 1807)
(Weise, 1917)
(Chapuis, 1877)
Daccordi, 2003
(Blackburn, 1901)
Dicranosterna semipunctata (Chapuis, 1877)
(Weise, 1917)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Lea, 1924)
(Chapuis, 1877)
(Lea, 1924)
(Chapuis, 1877)
Daccordi, 2003
Weise, 1917

References[]

[1] "Genus: Dicranosterna".

[2] "Genus: Dicranosterna".

[3] "Genus: Dicranosterna".

[4] "Zootaxa" (PDF).

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