''Glyptoscelis'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
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s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
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. There are 38 species of ''Glyptoscelis'' described from
North
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Etymology
T ...
,
Central and
South America
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.
[ There are also three species of ''Glyptoscelis'' known from the ]West Indies
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, though they are wrongly placed in the genus. In addition, a single species was described from Hunan, China
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in 2021.
According to BugGuide
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and ITIS
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, the genus is now placed in the tribe Eumolpini
Eumolpini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is the largest tribe in the subfamily, with approximately 170 genera found worldwide. Members of the tribe almost always have a longitudinal median groove on the pygidium, which ...
instead of Adoxini.[
]
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Glyptoscelis'':
* '' Glyptoscelis aeneipennis'' Baly, 1865
* '' Glyptoscelis albicans'' Baly, 1865 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis albida'' LeConte, 1859 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis alternata'' Crotch
In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the pelvis (the region of the body where the legs join the torso) and is the part of the body that includes the groin and genitals.
Etymology
''Crotch'' is derived from ''crutch''; it was first used in 1 ...
, 1873 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis aridis'' Van Dyke, 1938 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis artemisiae'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis barbata'' ( Say, 1826) i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis cahitae'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis chontalensis'' Jacoby, 1882
* '' Glyptoscelis coloradoensis'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* ''Glyptoscelis cryptica
''Glyptoscelis cryptica'' is a species of leaf beetle. It is found in the central United States
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'' ( Say, 1824) i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis cylindrica'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis diabola'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis dohrni'' Jacoby, 1900
* '' Glyptoscelis fascicularis'' Baly, 1865
* '' Glyptoscelis gayi'' Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1891
* '' Glyptoscelis gigas'' Jacoby, 1897
* '' Glyptoscelis guatemalensis'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis idahoensis'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis illustris'' Crotch
In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the pelvis (the region of the body where the legs join the torso) and is the part of the body that includes the groin and genitals.
Etymology
''Crotch'' is derived from ''crutch''; it was first used in 1 ...
, 1873 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis juniperi'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis longior'' LeConte, 1878 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis mexicana'' Jacoby, 1882
* '' Glyptoscelis monrosi'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1952
* '' Glyptoscelis paraguayensis'' Jacoby, 1897
* '' Glyptoscelis parvula'' Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis paula'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis peperi'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis pinnigera'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1952
* '' Glyptoscelis prosopis'' Schaeffer, 1905 i c g b
* '' Glyptoscelis pubescens'' (Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1777) i c g b (hairy leaf beetle)
* '' Glyptoscelis pulvinosus'' (Blanchard
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Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1851)
* '' Glyptoscelis septentrionalis'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis sequoiae'' Blaisdell, 1921 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis sinica'' Moseyko, 2021
* '' Glyptoscelis sonorensis'' Blake
Blake or Blake's may refer to:
People
* Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
* Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name)
** William Blake (1757 ...
, 1967
* '' Glyptoscelis squamulata'' Crotch
In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the pelvis (the region of the body where the legs join the torso) and is the part of the body that includes the groin and genitals.
Etymology
''Crotch'' is derived from ''crutch''; it was first used in 1 ...
, 1873 i c g b (grape bud beetle)
* '' Glyptoscelis vandykei'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
* '' Glyptoscelis yosemitae'' Krauss, 1937 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
Three additional species have been described from the West Indies
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. According to Doris Holmes Blake
Doris Holmes Blake, ''nĂ©e'' Doris Mildred Holmes (January 11, 1892 – December 3, 1978), was an American Entomology, entomologist and scientific illustrator.
She was an expert on chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
Life
Doris Holmes was raised i ...
, in her 1967 review of the genus, they are wrongly placed in it:
* '' Glyptoscelis brevicornis'' (Olivier
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* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popula ...
, 1808)
* '' Glyptoscelis fusca'' ( Drapiez, 1820)
* '' Glyptoscelis hobsoni'' (Curtis
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, 1840)
References
Further reading
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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
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Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Beetles of North America
Beetles of South America