Biology:Xenochalepus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Xenochalepus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Chalepini
Genus:	Xenochalepus Weise, 1910

Xenochalepus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 90 described species in Xenochalepus.

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Xenochalepus:

• Xenochalepus ampliatus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus amplipennis (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus angustus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus annulatus (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus annulipes (Waterhouse, 1881)
• Xenochalepus apicipennis (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus arcuatus Uhmann, 1940
• Xenochalepus assimilis Uhmann, 1947
• Xenochalepus ater (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus atriceps (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus bahianus Uhmann, 1942
• Xenochalepus bajulus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus bicostatus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus bilineatus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus bogotensis Weise, 1921
• Xenochalepus boliviensis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus brasiliensis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus cayennensis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus cephalotes (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus chapuisi (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus chromaticus (Baly, 1885)
• Xenochalepus contubernalis (Baly, 1885)
• Xenochalepus cruentus Uhmann, 1948
• Xenochalepus curticornis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus cyanura Blake, 1971
• Xenochalepus dentatus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Xenochalepus deyrollei (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus dictyopterus (Perty, 1832)
• Xenochalepus dilaticornis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus discernendus Uhmann, 1940
• Xenochalepus discointerruptus (Pic, 1932)
• Xenochalepus diversipes (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus donckieri (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus erichsoni (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus erythroderus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus faustus (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus festivus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus fiebrigi Spaeth, 1937
• Xenochalepus firmus (Weise, 1910)
• Xenochalepus fraternalis (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus frictus (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus goyasensis (Pic, 1905)
• Xenochalepus gregalis (Pic, 1921)
• Xenochalepus guerini (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus guyanensis (Spaeth, 1937)
• Xenochalepus haroldi (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus hespenheidei Staines, 2000
• Xenochalepus holdhausi (Spaeth, 1937)
• Xenochalepus humerosus Uhmann, 1955
• Xenochalepus incisus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus jacobi Uhmann, 1937
• Xenochalepus kolbei Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus longiceps (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus maculicollis (Champion, 1894)
• Xenochalepus mediolineatus (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus medius (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus metallescens (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus minarum Spaeth, 1937
• Xenochalepus monrosi Uhmann, 1951
• Xenochalepus mucunae Maulik, 1930
• Xenochalepus nigriceps (Blanchard, 1843)
• Xenochalepus nigripes (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus notaticollis (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus ocelliger Uhmann, 1940
• Xenochalepus octocostatus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus omoger (Crotch, 1873)
• Xenochalepus ornatus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus palmeri (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus peruvianus (Weise, 1905)
• Xenochalepus phaseoli Uhmann, 1938
• Xenochalepus pictus Weise, 1911
• Xenochalepus platymeroides Uhmann, 1938
• Xenochalepus platymerus (Lucas, 1859)
• Xenochalepus potomacus Butte, 1968
• Xenochalepus pugillus (Spaeth, 1937)
• Xenochalepus rectefasciatus Pic, 1932
• Xenochalepus robiniae Butte, 1968
• Xenochalepus robustus (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus rubripennis (Spaeth, 1937)
• Xenochalepus rubronotatus (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus rufithorax (Baly, 1885)
• Xenochalepus serratus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Xenochalepus signaticollis (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus suturata (Uhmann, 1957)
• Xenochalepus tandilensis (Bruch, 1933)
• Xenochalepus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1801)
• Xenochalepus transversalis (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus trilineatus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus univittatus (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus velutinus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Xenochalepus venezuelensis (Pic, 1931)
• Xenochalepus viridiceps (Pic, 1934)
• Xenochalepus vittatipennis (Spaeth, 1937)
• Xenochalepus waterhousei (Baly, 1886)
• Xenochalepus weisei Spaeth, 1937

Further reading

• Butte, Janardhan G. (1968). "Revision of the Tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico. I. Genus Xenochalepus Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 22 (2): 45–62. 
• Barney, R. J.; Clark, S. M.; Riley, E. G. (2007). "Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae". Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 68 (2): 132–144. doi:10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB2.0.CO;2]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/335735. 
• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7. 
• 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. 

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