Galerucinae
| Galerucinae | |
|---|---|
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| Baccharis leaf beetle, Trirhabda flavolimbata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chrysomeloidea |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribes | |
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Alticini | |
The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 5800 species. It includes the flea beetles in tribe Alticini.
The division into five tribes is more a matter of traditional than based on modern research. Some genera, for example Yingaresca, are better considered incertae sedis due to a general lack of knowledge. And while a good case can be made for some tribes – namely the Alticini and Galerucini – being all but monophyletic even in their traditional delimitation, others – like Luperini or Sermylini – appear to be just paraphyletic assemblages of primitive and more basal genera.
Selected genera
- Acalymma
- Agelastica
- Aplosonyx
- Arima
- Aulacophora
- Belarima
- Calomicrus
- Cneorane
- Diorhabda
- Diabrotica
- Euluperus
- Exosoma
- Falsoexosoma
- Galeruca
- Galerucella
- Leptomona
- Lochmaea
- Longitarsus Latreille, 1829
- Luperus
- Marseulia
- Menippus Clark, 1864
- Monolepta
- Nymphius
- Phyllobrotica
- Poneridia
- Psylliodes
- Pyrrhalta
- Sermylassa
- Theone
- Trirhabda
- Xanthogaleruca
- Yingaresca J.Bechyné, 1956
References
- Wilcox, J.A. (1971-1975). Chrysomelidae. Galerucinae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa 78: 1-770.
- http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_54_4_01_Aslan_Beenen_Oezbek.pdf
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