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Galeruca

Galeruca is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. It is distributed in the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms. In Turkey, the genus is represented by 10 species.

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Galeruca
Galeruca pomonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Galerucini
Genus: Galeruca
Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Chrysomela tanaceti
Synonyms1
  • Adimonia Laicharting, 1781
  • Galemira Beenen, 2003

Galeruca is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. It is distributed in the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms. In Turkey, the genus is represented by 10 species.23

Species

Galeruca contains the following species, divided into seven subgenera:1

Subgenus Galeruca Geoffroy, 1762:

  • Galeruca abbreviata (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca altissima Chen & Jiang, 1981
  • Galeruca angelae Havelka, 1958
  • Galeruca angulicollis Kocher, 1959
  • Galeruca angusta (Küster, 1849)
  • Galeruca armeniaca Weise, 1886
  • Galeruca artemisiae (Rosenhauer, 1956)
  • Galeruca baetica Weise, 1891
  • Galeruca barbara (Erichson, 1841)
  • Galeruca barovskyi Jacobson, 1925
  • Galeruca browni Blake, 1945
  • Galeruca circassica Reitter, 1889
  • Galeruca comaica Cheng & Jiang, 1981
  • Galeruca corsica (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca costatissima Blake, 1945
  • Galeruca dahlii (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca daurica (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca extensa (Motschulsky, 1862)
  • Galeruca externa Say, 1824
  • Galeruca goudoti (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca heydeni Weise, 1887
  • Galeruca hunyadensis Csiki, 1953
  • Galeruca hyrcana Medvedev & Mirzoevna, 1969
  • Galeruca ida Havelka, 1956
  • Galeruca impressicollis Pic, 1934
  • Galeruca improvisa Havelka, 1956
  • Galeruca indica Baly, 1878
  • Galeruca interrupta Illiger, 1802
  • Galeruca jucunda (Falderman, 1837)
  • Galeruca laticollis Sahlberg, 1838
  • Galeruca littoralis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Galeruca luctuosa (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca macchoi (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca nebrodensis Ragusa, 1887
  • Galeruca nigrolineata Mannerheim, 1825
  • Galeruca obscura (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca pallasia Jacobson, 1925
  • Galeruca parallelipennis Beenen, 2002
  • Galeruca planiuscula Laboissière, 1937
  • Galeruca pomonae (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Galeruca popenoei Blake, 1945
  • Galeruca regularis Beenen & Yang, 2007
  • Galeruca reichardti Jacobson, 1925
  • Galeruca reichei (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca rudis J. L. LeConte, 1857
  • Galeruca rugosa (Joannis, 1865)
  • Galeruca sardosa (Gené, 1839)
  • Galeruca sicana (Reiche, 1860)
  • Galeruca sinensis Laboissière, 1937
  • Galeruca spectabilis (Faldermann, 1837)
  • Galeruca tanaceti (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Galeruca tripoliana (Chevrolat, 1873)
  • Galeruca trubetzkoji Jacobson, 1925

Subgenus Emarhopa Weise, 1886

Subgenus Fassatia Havelka, 1954

  • Galeruca microptera Havelka, 1954

Subgenus Galerima Reitter, 1903

  • Galeruca canigoensis Fauvel, 1892
  • Galeruca miegii (Perez Arcas, 1874)
  • Galeruca monticola (Kiesenwetter, 1850)
  • Galeruca villiersi Berty & Rapilly, 1983

Subgenus Galerotoma Reitter, 1903

  • Galeruca haagi (Joannis, 1865)

Subgenus Haptoscelis Weise, 1886

  • Galeruca melanocephala (Ponza, 1805)
  • Galeruca reitteri Havelka, 1958

Subgenus Rhabdotilla Jacobson, 1911 (formerly Galemira Beenen, 2003)4

  • Galeruca gyangzea Chen & Jiang, 1987
  • Galeruca himalayensis Jacoby, 1896
  • Galeruca holzschuhi (Mandl, 1981)
  • Galeruca sexcostata Jacoby, 1904
  • Galeruca zangana Chen & Jiang, 1987
References

References

  1. Beenen, R. (2010). "Galerucinae Latreille, 1802". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 443–491. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  2. Irfan Aslan, Ron Beenen and Hikmet Özbek. "Biological Aspects of Galeruca circassica Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Relation to the Weed Cephalaria procera Fish. and Lall. (Dipsacaceae) in Anatolia" (PDF). Bonner zoologische Beiträge Band 54 (2005) Heft 4 Seiten 173–177 Bonn, Oktober 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  3. Aslan, I., Warchalowski, A. & Özbek, H. 2000. A Preliminary Review of the Subfamily Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Turkey. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 2: 27-42
  4. Bezděk, J.; Beenen, R. (2020). "Taxonomical changes and comments on Palaearctic and Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 16 (2): 319–327. doi:10.23885/181433262020162-319327.