Biology:Scelolyperus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Scelolyperus | |
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| Scelolyperus torquatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Luperini |
| Subtribe: | Luperina |
| Genus: | Scelolyperus Crotch, 1874 |
Scelolyperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Scelolyperus. They are found in North America, Mexico, and the Palaearctic.[1][2][3]
Species
These 28 species belong to the genus Scelolyperus:
- Scelolyperus bimarginatus (Blake, 1928)
- Scelolyperus carinatus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus clarki Gilbert & Andrews
- Scelolyperus curvipes Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus cyanellus (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
- Scelolyperus flavicollis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
- Scelolyperus graptoderoides (Crotch, 1874)
- Scelolyperus hatchi Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus laticeps (Horn, 1893)
- Scelolyperus lecontii (Crotch, 1873)
- Scelolyperus lemhii Hatch, 1971
- Scelolyperus liriophilus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus loripes Horn, 1893
- Scelolyperus megalurus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus meracus (Say, 1826)
- Scelolyperus nigrocyaneus (J. L. LeConte, 1879)
- Scelolyperus pasadenae S. Clark, 1996
- Scelolyperus phenacus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus phoxus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus ratulus Wilcox, 1965
- Scelolyperus schwarzii Horn, 1893
- Scelolyperus smaragdinus (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
- Scelolyperus tejonicus Crotch, 1874
- Scelolyperus tetonensis S. Clark, 1996
- Scelolyperus torquatus (J. L. LeConte, 1884)
- Scelolyperus transitus (Horn, 1893)
- Scelolyperus varipes (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
- Scelolyperus wilcoxi Hatch, 1971
References
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 ☰ Q2198111 entry
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