Chrysomelinae
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.
| Chrysomelinae | |
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| Chrysolina fastuosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802 |
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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]
Selected genera
The subfamily includes the following genera:
- Agasta [2]
- Alfius
- Calligrapha
- Calomela
- Cecchiniola
- Chalcolampra
- Chrysomela
- Chrysolina
- Colaphus
- Colaspidema
- Crosita
- Cyrtonastes
- Cyrtonus
- Dicranosterna
- Entomoscelis
- Gastrophysa
- Geomela
- Gonioctena (includes Phytodecta)
- Hydrothassa
- Labidomera
- Leptinotarsa
- Linaedea
- Machomena
- Microtheca
- Oomela
- Oreina
- Paropsides
- Paropsis
- Paropsisterna
- Peltoschema
- Phaedon
- Phratora
- Plagiodera
- Prasocuris
- Proseicela
- Psylliodes
- Rhaebosterna
- Sclerophaedon
- Smaragdina
- Sphaeroderma
- Stenaspidiotus†[3]
- Timarcha
- Timarchida
- Trachymela
- Zira
- Zygogramma
Gallery
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Colaspidema atrum
Paropsis dilatata
Peltoschema oceanica
Calomela satelles
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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, Special issue: Jolivet P., Santiago–Blay, J. and Schmitt, M. (eds) Research on Chrysomelidae 4): 71–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. PMC 3805320. PMID 24163582.
- 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.
- 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.
External links
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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)
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