Biology:Xenochalepus

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:

• Subgenus Xenochalepus
  • Xenochalepus amplipennis (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus arcuatus Uhmann, 1940
  • Xenochalepus ater (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus bicostatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus cyanura Blake, 1971
  • Xenochalepus deyrollei (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus erichsoni (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus erythroderus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus firmus (Weise, 1910)
  • Xenochalepus guyanensis (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus haroldi (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus holdhausi (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus mucunae Maulik, 1930
  • Xenochalepus nigripes (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus ocelliger Uhmann, 1940
  • Xenochalepus omogerus (Crotch, 1873)
  • Xenochalepus palmeri (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus peruvianus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus phaseoli Uhmann, 1938
  • Xenochalepus potomacus Butte, 1968
  • Xenochalepus robiniae Butte, 1968
  • Xenochalepus rufithorax (Baly, 1885)
  • Xenochalepus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Xenochalepus univittatus (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus waterhousei (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus weisei Spaeth, 1937
• Subgenus Neochalepus Staines & Riley, 1994
  • Xenochalepus ampliatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus angustus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus annulatus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus annulipes (Waterhouse, 1881)
  • Xenochalepus apicipennis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus assimilis Uhmann, 1947
  • Xenochalepus atriceps (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus bahianus Uhmann, 1942
  • Xenochalepus bajulus Weise, 1911
  • 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 dentatus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • 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 faustus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus festivus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus fiebrigi Spaeth, 1937
  • Xenochalepus fraternalis (Baly, 1886)
  • Xenochalepus frictus (Weise, 1905)
  • Xenochalepus goyasensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus gregalis (Pic, 1921)
  • Xenochalepus guerini (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus hespenheidei Staines, 2000
  • 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 morio (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Xenochalepus nigriceps (Blanchard, 1843)
  • Xenochalepus notaticollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus octocostatus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus ornatus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus pictus Weise, 1911
  • Xenochalepus platymeroides Uhmann, 1938
  • Xenochalepus platymerus (Lucas, 1859)
  • Xenochalepus pugillus (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus rectefasciatus Pic, 1932
  • Xenochalepus robustus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus rubripennis (Spaeth, 1937)
  • Xenochalepus rubronotatus (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus serratus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Xenochalepus suturata (Uhmann, 1957)
  • Xenochalepus tandilensis (Bruch, 1933)
  • Xenochalepus transversalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus trilineatus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus velutinus (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Xenochalepus venezuelensis (Pic, 1931)
  • Xenochalepus viridiceps (Pic, 1934)
  • Xenochalepus vittatipennis (Spaeth, 1937)

Selected former species

• Xenochalepus signaticollis (Baly, 1886) (moved to Odontota)

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. doi:10.5962/p.372413. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/372413. 
• 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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