''Coptocephala'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
belonging to the family
Chrysomelidae
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
.
The genus was first described by
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (29 March 1799, Paris – 16 December 1884, Paris) was a French entomologist. He specialized mainly on the beetles and was a founder of the Societe entomologique de France in 1832.
Chevrolat worked as a toll adm ...
in 1836.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Africa.
Species
* ''
Coptocephala arcasi''
Báguena, 1960
* ''
Coptocephala brevicornis''
(Lefèvre, 1872)
* ''
Coptocephala chalybaea''
(Germar, 1824)
* ''
Coptocephala crassipes''
Lefèvre, 1876
* ''
Coptocephala cyanocephala''
(Lacordaire, 1848)
* ''
Coptocephala fossulata''
Lefèvre, 1872
* ''
Coptocephala gebleri''
Gebler, 1841
* ''
Coptocephala hellenica''
Warchalowski, 1991
* ''
Coptocephala linnaeana''
Petitpierre & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2000
* ''
Coptocephala plagiocephala''
(Fabricius, 1792)
* ''
Coptocephala raffrayi''
(Desbrochers des Loges, 1870)
* ''
Coptocephala rubicunda''
(Laichardting, 1781)
* ''
Coptocephala scopolina''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Coptocephala unicolor
''Coptocephala'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The genus was first described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1836.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Africa.
Species
* ''Coptocephala arcasi ...
''
(Lucas, 1845)
* ''
Coptocephala unifasciata''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Coptocephala volatica''
Normand, 1949
References
Clytrini
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
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