Chrysolina

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Chrysolina
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Chrysolina polita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Chrysolina
Motschulsky, 1860
Type species
Chrysomela staphylea
Subgenera [1]
  • Allochrysolina Bechyně, 1950
  • AllohypericiaBechyně, 1950
  • AnopachysMotschulsky, 1860
  • ApterosomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • ArctolinaKontkanen, 1959
  • AtechnaChevrolat, 1836
  • AtlasianaBourdonne & Doguet, 1991
  • BechyniaBourdonne, 1977
  • BittotaeniaMotschulsky, 1860
  • CecchiniolaJacobson, 1908
  • CentopteraMotschulsky, 1860
  • ChalcoideaMotschulsky, 1860
  • ChersomelaWeise, 1914
  • ChrysocrositaBechyně, 1950
  • ChrysolinaMotschulsky, 1860
  • ChrysolinopsisBechyné, 1950
  • Chrysomorpha Motschulsky, 1860
  • Colaphodes Motschulsky, 1860
  • ColaphopteraMotschulsky, 1860
  • Colaphosoma Motschulsky, 1860
  • CrositopsMarseul, 1883
  • CyrtochrysolinaKippenberg in Kippenberg & Döberl, 1994
  • DiachalcoideaBechyné, 1955
  • ErythrochrysaBechyně, 1950
  • EuchrysolinaBechyně, 1950
  • Fastuolina Warchalowski, 1991
  • GhesquiereitaBechyně, 1950
  • GnathomelaJacobson, 1895
  • HeliostolaMotschulsky, 1860
  • HypericiaBedel, 1898
  • HypochalcoideaBourdonne, 2012
  • JeanclaudiaMikhailov, 2009
  • LiomelaWeise, 1912
  • LithopteroidesStrand, 1935
  • LopatinicaKippenberg, 2012
  • MaenadochrysaBechyně, 1950
  • MedvedevlevnaÖzdikmen, 2008
  • MelasomopteraBechyně, 1950
  • NaluhiaBechyné, 1948
  • OmolinaWeise in Sjöstedt, 1909
  • OvosomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • OvostomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • PalaeostictaBechyné, 1952
  • ParacrositaDaccordi, 1982
  • ParamenthastriellaDaccordi, 1980
  • PezocrositaJacobson, 1901
  • PierryvettiaBechyně, 1950
  • PleurostichaMotschulsky, 1860
  • PolystictellaBechyné, 1952
  • PseudocrositaLopatin, 1999
  • PseudolithopteraMedvedev, 1970
  • PseudotimarchomimaDaccordi, 1980
  • RhyssolomaWollaston, 1854
  • SemenowiaWeise, 1889
  • SibiriellaMedvedev, 1999
  • SphaerochrysolinaKippenberg, 2010
  • Sphaeromela Bedel, 1901
  • StichopteraMotschulsky, 1860
  • SulcicollisSahlberg, 1913
  • SynergaWeise, 1900
  • TaeniochryseaBechyně, 1950
  • TaeniostichaMotschulsky, 1860
  • ThrenosomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • TimarchidaGanglbauer, 1897
  • TimarcholinaBechyně, 1950
  • TimarchomelaAchard, 1922
  • TimarchopteraMotschulsky, 1860
  • UpseleatlasiaBourdonne, 2012
  • VittatochrysaLopatin, 1977
  • ZeugotaeniaMotschulsky, 1860
Diversity
at least 130 species
Synonyms [2]
  • AltailinaMikhailov, 2000
  • AnapachysMotschulsky, 1860
  • BechyneaMedvedev, 1966
  • BourdonneanaKippenberg in Löbl & Danilevsky, 2010
  • CamerouniaJolivet, 1949
  • CaudatochrysaBechyně, 1950
  • ChesomelaWeise, 1918
  • CobosorinaDavid, 1953
  • ColophodesMotschulsky, 1860
  • CraspedaMotschulsky, 1860
  • DlochrysaMotschulsky, 1860
  • DrochrysaKimoto, 1964
  • GhesquièreitaBechyně, 1950
  • GhesquieritaBechyně, 1950
  • GhesquièritaBechyně, 1950
  • HoplosomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • JacobsoniaMedvedev, 1970
  • LithopteraMotschulsky, 1860
  • LitoptheroidesBechyne, 1950
  • MenthastriellaBechyně, 1950
  • MimophaedonBourdonne, 1996
  • MinckiaStrand, 1935
  • OreinaMonros & Bechyne, 1956
  • OvomorphaMotschulsky, 1860
  • PachygnathaWeise, 1892
  • PalaeostrictaSeeno, 1976
  • ParadiachalcoidaDaccordi, 1978
  • ParadiachalcoideaDaccordi, 1978
  • ParkaniolaBechyně, 1950
  • PirryvittiaKimoto, 1964
  • PolystichaGressitt & Kimoto, 1963
  • PolystictaHope, 1840
  • PseudotaeniochryseaDaccordi, 1980
  • StichosomaMotschulsky, 1860
  • TimarchomimaBechyně, 1950
Chrysolina bicolor Chrysolina bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (2991758086).jpg
Chrysolina bicolor
C. hyperici Chrysolina5059975.06w.jpg
C. hyperici
Chrysolina numida Chrysolina numida Reiche, 1864 (3502036144).jpg
Chrysolina numida
Chrysolina quadrigemina Chrysolina quadrigemina6.JPG
Chrysolina quadrigemina

Chrysolina is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. Most species are distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa with a small number of species inhabiting North America (including introduced European ones) and introduced species in Australia. [3]

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The species Chrysolina cerealis and C. graminis are protected in the United Kingdom. All species of Chrysolina are phytophagous, feeding on specific food plants, and some of them have been used for biological control of weeds. To control Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort), C. hyperici was successfully naturalized in Australia in the 1930s [4] [5] and several species, especially C. quadrigemina , were introduced to California in the late 1940s. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Systematic classification of European species

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References

  1. ↑ Bieńkowski, A.O. (2019). Chrysolina of the world – 2019 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Taxonomic review. Livny: Mukhametov G.V. Publ. ISBN   978-5-904246-82-2.
  2. ↑ IRMNG (2018). Chrysolina Motschoulsky in Schrenck, 1860. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1419344 on 2019-01-18
  3. ↑ BIEÑKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ O (2001). "A study on the genus Chrysolina MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, with a checklist of all the described subgenera, species, subspecies, and synonyms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)" (PDF). Genus - International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy. 12: 105–235. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  4. ↑ W. T. Parsons, E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious Weeds of Australia. 2nd ed. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2001. ISBN   0-643-06514-8. P. 389.
  5. 1 2 Wilfred William Robbins, Alden Springer Crafts. Weed Control: A Textbook and Manual. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1962. P. 137, 155, 162.
  6. ↑ Huffaker, C. B. and C. E. Kennett (1959). A ten-year study of vegetation change associated with biological control of Klamath weed. Journal of Range Management 12: 69-82.
  7. ↑ Peter Jay Morin. Community Ecology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN   0-86542-350-4. P. 106-107.
  8. ↑ Gilbert Waldbauer. What Good are Bugs?: Insects in the Web of Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. ISBN   0-674-01027-2. P. 158.
  9. ↑ Richard E. White. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. ISBN   0-395-91089-7. P. 296.
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