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]
Evolutionary history
The oldest members of the family are several species of the genus Mesolpinus, 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
- Cecchiniola
- Chalcolampra
- Chrysomela
- Chrysolina
- Colaphus
- Colaspidema
- Crosita
- Cyrtonastes
- Cyrtonus
- Dicranosterna
- Entomoscelis
- Gastrophysa
- Geomela
- Gonioctena (includes Phytodecta)
- Hydrothassa
- Labidomera
- Lamprolina[4]
- Leptinotarsa
- Linaedea
- Machomena
- Microtheca
- Oomela
- Oreina
- Paropsides
- Paropsis
- Paropsisterna
- Peltoschema
- Phaedon
- Phratora
- Plagiodera
- Prasocuris
- Proseicela
- Rhaebosterna
- Sclerophaedon
- Smaragdina
- Stenaspidiotus†[5]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
External links
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- "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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