Chrysomelinae
| Chrysomelinae | |
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| Chrysolina fastuosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Genera | |
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The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). Some 2000 species are found, with worldwide distribution. The most well-known member is the notorious Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
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]
Genera
- Alfius
- Cecchiniola
- Chrysomela
- Chrysolina
- Colaphus
- Colaspidema
- Crosita
- Cyrtonastes
- Cyrtonus
- Entomoscelis
- Gastrophysa
- Gonioctena (includes Phytodecta)
- Hydrothassa
- Labidomera
- Leptinotarsa
- Linaedea
- Machomena
- Oomela
- Oreina
- Paropsis
- Phaedon
- Phratora
- Plagiodera
- Prasocuris
- Sclerophaedon
- Stenaspidiotus†[2]
- Timarcha
- Timarchida
- Zygogramma
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References
- ↑ Windsor D.M.; Dury, G.J.; Frieiro-Costa, F.A.; Lanckowsky S.; and 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.
- ↑ "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. 2013. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.710443.
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External links
Media related to Chrysomelinae at Wikimedia Commons- "Chrysomelinae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Key to the British genera of Chrysomelinae