Scelolyperus

Scelolyperus
Scelolyperus torquatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Scelolyperus Crotch, 1874
Synonyms
EugaleraBrancsik, 1899 TuomuriaChen & Jiang in Huang et al., 1985

Scelolyperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Scelolyperus. They are found in North America, Mexico, and the Palaearctic. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Scelolyperus:

• Scelolyperus bimarginatus (Blake, 1928)
• Scelolyperus carinatus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus clarki Gilbert & Andrews
• Scelolyperus curvipes Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus cyanellus (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
• Scelolyperus flavicollis (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Scelolyperus graptoderoides (Crotch, 1874)
• Scelolyperus hatchi Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus laticeps (Horn, 1893)
• Scelolyperus lecontii (Crotch, 1873)
• Scelolyperus lemhii Hatch, 1971
• Scelolyperus liriophilus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus loripes Horn, 1893
• Scelolyperus megalurus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus meracus (Say, 1826)
• Scelolyperus nigrocyaneus (J. L. LeConte, 1879)
• Scelolyperus pasadenae S. Clark, 1996
• Scelolyperus phenacus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus phoxus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus ratulus Wilcox, 1965
• Scelolyperus schwarzii Horn, 1893
• Scelolyperus smaragdinus (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Scelolyperus tejonicus Crotch, 1874
• Scelolyperus tetonensis S. Clark, 1996
• Scelolyperus torquatus (J. L. LeConte, 1884)
• Scelolyperus transitus (Horn, 1893)
• Scelolyperus varipes (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
• Scelolyperus wilcoxi Hatch, 1971

References

1. "Scelolyperus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Scelolyperus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Scelolyperus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517 . PMC   5740445 . PMID   29290727.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
• 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.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.