Lilioceris
| Lilioceris | |
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| Lilioceris merdigera | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Criocerinae |
| Tribe: | Criocerini |
| Genus: | Lilioceris Reitter, 1912[1] |
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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).
The family of beetles are of importance in horticulture because of their impact on the cultivation of lilies. The Lilioceris cheni species was introduced into Central Florida by biologists to try and control the spread of invasive air potato plants.
Description
Species of Lilioceris are between 4–10 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.
Life cycle
Lilioceris are holometabolous, having a complete metamorphosis. The larvae proceed to a pupation stage to develop into adults.
Diversity
There are well over 100 species, with 80 in Asia alone.[2]
- Lilioceris apicalis Yu in Yu, 1992
- Lilioceris brancuccii Medvedev, 1992
- Lilioceris cheni Gressit & Kimoto, 1961
- 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
- ↑ "Lilioceris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World
- ↑ 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.
External links
- BioLib.cz Lilioceris
- Fauna Europaea Lilioceris
- Liliocerus cheni on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.