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Scelolyperus

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.

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Scelolyperus
Scelolyperus torquatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Galerucinae
Tribe: Luperini
Subtribe: Luperina
Genus: Scelolyperus
Crotch, 1874
Synonyms
  • Eugalera Brancsik, 1899
  • Tuomuria Chen & 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.123

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

References

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