Entomoscelis

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Entomoscelis
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Entomoscelis americana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Entomoscelis
Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
Type species
Chrysomela adonidis
Pallas, 1771

Entomoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 12 described species in Entomoscelis. [1] [2] [3] [4] The genus has a Holarctic distribution. Adults have red elytra with black markings. [5]

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Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Entomoscelis: [4]

Formerly included species:

The name Entomoscelis melanostoma (Gmelin, 1790) is considered a nomen dubium .

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References

  1. "Entomoscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Entomoscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. 1 2 Kippenberg, H.; Mikhailov, Yu.E. (2020). "Contribution to the knowledge of Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771) and allied species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 90: 257–290.
  4. Gerber, George H. (1994). "Biology of Entomoscelis Chevrolat". In Jolivet, P.H.; Cox, M.L.; Petitpierre, E. (eds.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 549–553. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_4.

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