Paropsides

Paropsides
Paropsides calypso Lillipilli beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Paropsides
Motschulsky, 1860
Species
  • Paropsides calliope
  • Paropsides calypso
  • Paropsides catherinae
  • Paropsides hebe
  • Paropsides opposita
  • Paropsides umbrosa
Paropsides opposita

Paropsides is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the subfamlily Chrysomelinae. Paropsides are small and specialist feeders on native Australian plants. There are 21 species in Australia [1] and they occur mainly on the south-eastern states. [2] The green Paropsides calypso is a native species which commonly attacks Lilly Pilly Syzygium. [3] Paropsides opposita feeds on Tea tree Melaleuca sp.

Paropsides belongs to the Paropsis-group of genera, with similar head, appendages, prosternum, elytra, tarsi and larva. Among these genera it is defined by possession of a single attribute, a full complement of pronotal (thoracic) trichobothria (bristles), which is almost certainly a plesiomorphy. Paropsides is therefore unlikely to be monophyletic. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Paropsides | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Lily Pilly Hedge - Pest eating leaves". Au.gardenweb.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Zoootaxa" (PDF). Mapress.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.


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