Lilioceris

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).

Lilioceris
Lilioceris merdigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Criocerini
Genus: Lilioceris
Reitter, 1912[1]

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]

Selected species:[3][4]

  • Lilioceris apicalis Yu in Yu, 1992
  • Lilioceris brancuccii Medvedev, 1992
  • Lilioceris cheni Gressit & Kimoto, 1961
  • Lilioceris chodjaii Berti & Rapilly, 1976
  • Lilioceris dentifemoralis Long, 1988
  • Lilioceris faldermanni Guérin-Méneville, 1829
  • Lilioceris hitam Mohamedsaid, 1990
  • Lilioceris jianfenglingensis Long, 1988
  • Lilioceris kimotoi Mohamedsaid, 1991
  • Lilioceris laetus Medvedev, 1992
  • Lilioceris laysi Mohamedsaid, 2000
  • Lilioceris lianzhouensis Long, 2000
  • Lilioceris lilii Scopoli, 1763
  • Lilioceris merdigera Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lilioceris nepalensis Takizawa, 1989
  • Lilioceris parallela Mohamedsaid, 1999
  • Lilioceris rondoni Kimoto & Gressitt, 1979
  • Lilioceris schneideri Weise, 1900
  • Lilioceris thailandicus Medvedev, 2005
  • Lilioceris tibialis Villa, 1838
  • Lilioceris vietnamica Medvedev, 1985
  • Lilioceris xinglongensis Long, 1988
  • Lilioceris yuae Long, 2000

References
  1. "Lilioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 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.
  3. "Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. 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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