Megascelis

Megascelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:Eumolpinae
Genus:Megascelis
Latreille, 1825
Synonyms

Megascelis Dejean, 1821
(nomen nudum)

Megascelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Eumolpinae. It is known from both North and South America. There are at least 31 described species in Megascelis.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Megascelis:

  • Megascelis aenea Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis altamira Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis amabilis Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis anisobia Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis asperula Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis brunnipes Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis carbonera Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis chloris Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis crenipes Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis fasciolata Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis fatuella Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis fissurata Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis flavipes Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis frenata Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis fusipes Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis gracilis Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis luculenta Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis miranda Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis mucronata Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis proteus Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]
  • Megascelis puella Lacordaire, 1845
  • Megascelis purpureipennis Clark, 1866 g
  • Megascelis rufipes Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis semiviridis Pic, 1914 g
  • Megascelis socialis Bates, 1865
  • Megascelis subtilis Boheman, 1859 i c g
  • Megascelis tenella Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis texana Linell, 1897 i c g b[6]
  • Megascelis unicolor Lacordaire, 1845 g
  • Megascelis vittata (Fabricius, 1801) g
  • Megascelis yepezi Tiape Gómez & Savini, 2001[5]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Megascelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Megascelis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "Megascelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. 1 2 "Megascelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tiape Gómez, Z.; Savini, V. (2001). "El género Megascelis Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) en Venezuela" [The genus Megascelis Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) in Venezuela]. Entomotropica (in Spanish). 16 (2): 89–125.
  6. ↑ Linell, M. (1898). "New species of Coleoptera of the family Chrysomelidae, with a short review of the tribe Chlamydini". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20 (1130): 473–485.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Clark, S.M.; Le Doux, D.G.; Riley, E.G.; Gilbert, A.J.; et al. (2004). "Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada". Coleopterists Society. ISBN 9780972608732.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication. The Coleopterists Society. ISBN 0-9726087-1-0.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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