Chrysomela Populi

''Chrysomela'' is a genus of leaf beetles found almost throughout the world, but not in Australia. It contains around 40 species, including 7 in eastern and northern Europe. It also includes at least 17 species in North America, including the cottonwood leaf beetle '' Chrysomela scripta''.

Taxonomy

''Chrysomela'' is traditionally broken up into three subgenera, ''Chrysomela'', ''Macrolina'' (or ''Strickerus'') and ''Pachylina''. In 1998, researchers Maurizio Biondi and Mauro Daccordi proposed a new classification of ''Chryomela'' without any subgenera. This was followed by the sixth volume of the ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera''.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus ''Chrysomela'':

* '' Chrysomela aeneicollis'' (Schaeffer, 1928) ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela collaris'' Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
** ''Chrysomela collaris alpina'' Zetterstedt, 1838
** ''Chrysomela collaris blaisdelli'' (Van Dyke, 1938)
** ''Chrysomela collaris collaris'' Linnaeus, 1758
** ''Chrysomela collaris hyperborea'' Medvedev & Khruleva, 2011
* '' Chrysomela confluens'' Rogers, 1856 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela crotchi'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b} (aspen leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela cuprea'' Fabricius, 1775 ^g
* '' Chrysomela cyaneoviridis'' Gruev, 1994
* '' Chrysomela falsa'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela interrupta'' Fabricius, 1801 ^{i c g b} (alder leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela invicta'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g}
* '' Chrysomela knabi'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela lapponica'' Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
* '' Chrysomela laurentia'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela lineatopunctata'' Forster, 1771 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela mainensis'' J. Bechyné, 1954 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela populi'' Linnaeus, 1758 ^g
* '' Chrysomela saliceti'' (Weise, 1884) ^g
** ''Chrysomela saliceti afghanica'' (Reineck, 1937)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti quadricollis'' (Jakob, 1955)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti saliceti'' (Weise, 1884)
** ''Chrysomela saliceti turcestanica'' (Reineck, 1937)
* '' Chrysomela salicivorax'' (Jakob, 1953)
* '' Chrysomela schaefferi'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela scripta'' Fabricius, 1801 ^{i c g b} (cottonwood leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela semota'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela sonorae'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g b}
* '' Chrysomela taimyrensis'' Medvedev & Chernov, 1969
* '' Chrysomela texana'' (Schaeffer, 1920) ^{i c g b} (red-headed willow leaf beetle)
* '' Chrysomela tremula'' Fabricius, 1787 ^g
** ''Chrysomela tremula selengensis'' (Jakob, 1953)
** ''Chrysomela tremula tremula'' Fabricius, 1787
* '' Chrysomela vigintipunctata'' (Scopoli, 1763) ^g
** ''Chrysomela vigintipunctata alticola'' Wang, 1992
** ''Chrysomela vigintipunctata vigintipunctata'' (Scopoli, 1763)
* '' Chrysomela walshi'' Brown, 1956 ^{i c g}
* '' Chrysomela wrangeliana'' Medvedev, 1973

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

External links

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''Chrysomela scripta''
on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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Chrysomelinae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Chrysomelidae genera