Trachyelytron

Trachyelytron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Diabroticina
Genus:	Trachyelytron ; Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022
Species:	T. smaragdipennis
Binomial name
	Trachyelytron smaragdipennis; (Jacoby, 1888)
Synonyms
	Chthoneis smaragdipennisJacoby, 1888 ; Platymorpha smaragdipennis;

Last updated August 27, 2025

Trachyelytron is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is one described species in Trachyelytron, Trachyelytron smaragdipennis, which is found in Guatemala. Specimens from Nicaragua probably belong to the same species, although the elytra are metallic purple, rather than metallic green.

Etymology

The genus name is Greek for rough sheath, and it refers to the coarsely punctate elytra.^[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 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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