Biology:Amphelasma
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of beetles
| Amphelasma | |
|---|---|
.png)
| |
| Amphelasma decoratum | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Diabroticina |
| Genus: | Amphelasma Barber, 1947[1] |
| Type species | |
| Galeruca cava Say, 1835
| |
Amphelasma is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 11 described species in Amphelasma, distributed from Venezuela to Mexico, with one species (Amphelasma cavum) ranging in southern Arizona.[2][3][4][5][6]
Selected species
- Amphelasma bipuncticolle (Schaeffer, 1905)
- Amphelasma cavum (Say, 1835)
- Amphelasma decoratum (Jacoby, 1887)
- Amphelasma trilineatum (Jacoby, 1887)
- Amphelasma unilineatum (Jacoby, 1887)
References
- ↑ Barber, H.S. (1947). "Diabrotica and two new genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49 (6): 151–161. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25142939.
- ↑ "Amphelasma Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719673.
- ↑ "Browse Amphelasma". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/fc92f27a70ceccc09962e5c594d1dc7d.
- ↑ "Amphelasma". https://www.gbif.org/species/1047561.
- ↑ "Amphelasma Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/582281.
- ↑ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. http://texasento.net/Crypto.html.
Further reading
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service. https://books.google.com/books?id=iW1EAAAAIAAJ.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q2369876 entry
 |  |
