Texiluperus

Texiluperus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Texiluperus ; Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

Last updated August 27, 2025

Texiluperus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The genus includes two species, both of which were originally named in Luperodes and later placed in Pseudoluperus .

Species

Texiluperus spretus (Horn, 1893)
Texiluperus texanus (Horn, 1893)

Etymology

The name of the genus suggests that the genus occurs in Texas, which is the case for both described species.^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from "New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Part of this text is from "New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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Texiluperus

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Species

Etymology

References