Eumolpinae
| Eumolpinae | |
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| Eumolpus asclepiadeus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae Hope, 1840 |
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae.They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size.The color range of this beetle goes from bright yellow, to dark red.
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Description
Eumolpines can be recognized at first sight by their roundish thoraces, more or less spherical or bell-shaped, but always significantly narrower than the elytra. Additional features include a small head sunken in the thorax, and usually well-developed legs.They resemble Chrysomelidae, but differ in having front coxae rounded and third tarsal segment bilobed beneath. Many are metallic, or yellow and spotted. The Dogbane beetle(Chrysochus Auratus/Fabricius), for instance, is very attractive--iridescent blue-green with a coppery tinge, it measures 8-10 mm, and is found on dogbane , and milkweed.
Genera
- Acolaspoides
- Aoria
- Aoriopsis
- Apterodina
- Atrichatus
- Australotymnes
- Basilepta
- Bedelia
- Bezdekia
- Brachypterodina
- Brevicolaspis
- Bromius
- Callipta
- Cazeresia
- Chloropterus
- Chrysochares
- Chrysochus
- Colaspidea
- Colaspina
- Colaspinella
- Colasposoma
- Colaspoides
- Cryocolaspis
- Damasus
- Dematochroma
- Dumbea
- Eryxia
- Eucolaspis
- Eumolpus
- Fidia
- Macrocoma
- Malegia
- Megalocolaspoides
- Montrouzierella
- Pachnephoptrus
- Pachnephorus
- Pales
- Paria
- Peniticus
- Pilacolaspis
- Platycorynus
- Prionodera
- Pseudocolaspoides
- Rhodopaea
- Samuelsonia
- Sphaeropis
- Stethotes
- Taophila
- Trichocolaspis
- Trichospinthera
- Weiselina
- Xanthonia
References
- Bugguide
- Subfamily Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae) - atlas of leaf beetles of Russia
- Eumolpinae Hope, 1840