Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Chlamisini

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Coleoptera

Subfamily
  
Cryptocephalinae

Higher classification
  
Cryptocephalinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Chrysomelidae

Scientific name
  
Chlamisini

Rank
  
Tribe

Chlamisini

Lower classifications
  
Neochlamisus, Neochlamisus bebbianae, Neochlamisus platani, Exema

The Chlamisini form a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Chlamisinae. 11 genera with altogether about 400 species are currently placed here; some four-fifths of the species are found in the Neotropics, but the rest is distributed over all other continents except Antarctica.

Genera and some selected species include:

  • Chlamisus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Chlamisus amyemae Reid, 1991
  • Chlamisus arizonensis Linell, 1898
  • Chlamisus aterrimus Lea, 1904
  • Chlamisus flavidus Karren, 1972
  • Chlamisus foveolatus Knoch, 1801
  • Chlamisus huachucae Schaeffer, 1906
  • Chlamisus maculipes Chevrolat, 1835
  • Chlamisus mimosae Karren, 1989
  • Chlamisus minax Lacordaire
  • Chlamisus nigromaculatus Karren, 1972
  • Chlamisus quadrilobatus Schaeffer, 1926
  • Chlamisus texanus Schaeffer, 1906
  • Diplacaspis Jacobson, 1924
  • Diplacaspis prosternalis Schaeffer, 1906
  • Exema
  • Fulcidax Voet, 1806
  • Fulcidax bacca Kirby, 1818
  • Fulcidax coelestina Lacordaire
  • Fulcidax monstrosa Fabricius, 1798
  • Melitochlamys Monrós, 1948
  • Neochlamisus – warty leaf beetles (c.17 species)
  • Pseudochlamys Lacordaire, 1848
  • Pseudochlamys megalostomoides Lacordaire, 1849
  • Pseudochlamys semirufescens Karren, 1972
  • References

    Chlamisini Wikipedia