Chrysomelini

Trachymela tincticollis, copyright Tony Robelo.

Belongs within: Chrysomelidae.
Contains: Chrysomela, Paropsis.

The Chrysomelini are a cosmopolitan group of leaf beetles including the majority of species in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, characterised by genitalia with a V-shaped tegmen. Subgroups of the Chrysomelini include the primarily Australasian Paropsina which generally have toothed claws and the epipleura completely obscured in lateral view by the edge of the elytral dorsal surface.

<==Chrysomelini LB91
    `--Paropsina LB91
         |--Paropsisterna beata LB91
         |--Chrysophtharta bimaculata LB91
         |--Trachymela tincticollis LB91
         |--Pyrgoides LB91
         `--Paropsis LB91

Chrysomelini incertae sedis:
  Chrysomela O09
  Carystea LB91
  Calomela LB91
  Stethomela LB91
  Chalcolampra guttata LB91, J89
  Phyllocharis LB91
    |--P. aeneipennis Dejean in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--P. duodevigintiguttata Dejean in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--P. klugii MacLeay in Boisduval 1835 B35
    |--P. sinuata [incl. P. callizona, Crioceris cyanipes] B35
    `--P. undulata Linn. 1763 B90
  Lamprolina LB91
  Novacastria nothofagi LB91
  Chrysolina LB91
    |--C. geminata B70
    |--C. hyperici LB91
    |--C. (Taeniosticha) petitpierrei Kippenberg 2004 F05
    |--C. picturata WFS04
    |--C. quadrigemina LB91
    `--C. staphylea RD77

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B90] Baly, J.-S. 1890. Contributions a la faune Indo-Chinoise. 6^e mémoire. Sagridae, Crioceridae, Chrysomelidae, Hispidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: 485–492.

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B70] Britton, E. B. 1970. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 495–621. Melbourne University Press.

[F05] Fernández, J. 2005. Noticia de nuevos táxones para la ciencia en el ámbito Íbero-Balear y Macaronésico. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (IX). Graellsia 61 (2): 261–282.

[J89] Jacoby, M. 1889. List of the phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Signor Modigliani at Nias and Sumatra, with descriptions of the new species. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 278–287.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[WFS04] Winks, C. J., S. V. Fowler & L. A. Smith. 2004. Invertebrate fauna of boneseed, Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera (L.) T. Norl. (Asteraceae: Calenduleae), an invasive weed in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 27: 61–72.

Last updated: 9 April 2022.