Lilioceris
| Lilioceris | |
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| Lilioceris merdigera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Criocerinae |
| Tribe: | Criocerini |
| Genus: | Lilioceris Reitter, 1912[1] |
Lilioceris is a genus of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1912 by Edmund Reitter. Lilioceris belongs to the subfamily Criocerinae and tribe Criocerini (Latreille, 1807).
The family of beetles are of importance in horticulture because of their impact on the cultivation of lilies. Lilioceris cheni was introduced into Central Florida by biologists to try to control the spread of invasive air potato plants.
Description[]
Species of Lilioceris are between 4 and 10 mm long. The body has a long narrow shape, with a pronounced shoulder between the elytra and pronotum. Both the larvae and the adult (imago) beetles feed on plants.
Lifecycle[]
Lilioceris species are holometabolous, having a complete metamorphosis. The larvae proceed to a pupation stage to develop into adults.
Diversity[]
Well over 100 species are described, with 80 in Asia alone.[2]
- Yu in Yu, 1992
- Medvedev, 1992
- Lilioceris cheni Gressit & Kimoto, 1961
- Berti & Rapilly, 1976
- Long, 1988
- (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
- Mohamedsaid, 1990
- Long, 1988
- Mohamedsaid, 1991
- Medvedev, 1992
- Mohamedsaid, 2000
- Long, 2000
- Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli, 1763)
- Lilioceris merdigera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Takizawa, 1989
- Mohamedsaid, 1999
- Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979
- Weise, 1900
- Medvedev, 2005
- (Villa, 1838)
- Medvedev, 1985
- Long, 1988
- Long, 2000
References[]
- ^ "Lilioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Tishechkin, A. K., et al. (2011). Review of the continental Oriental species of Lilioceris Reitter (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Criocerinae) closely related to Lilioceris impressa (F.). ZooKeys (103), 63.
- ^ "Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ^ Warchalowski, A. (2011). An attempt on a review of Lilioceris Reitter, 1913 - species from continental part of south-eastern Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae). Genus 22(1) 95-122.
Bibliography[]
- Schmitt, M (2010). "Liloceris". In Löbl, Ivan; Smetana, Ales (eds.). Chrysomeloidea. Brill. pp. 364–366. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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- BioLib.cz Lilioceris
- Fauna Europaea Lilioceris
- Liliocerus cheni on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Criocerinae
- Taxa named by Edmund Reitter