''Doryphora'' is a genus of

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in 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 ...

. It includes nine species from Central and South America.

Biology

''Doryphora'' beetles live and feed on

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s of family

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. ''Doryphora'' reproduce during the transition from the dry to the wet season. Some species are subsocial, with adult females guarding their eggs and larvae from predation.

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Doryphora aeneoornata'' Stål, 1858 * '' Doryphora bella'' Baly, 1858 * '' Doryphora bioleyi'' (Achard) * '' Doryphora centrumpunctata'' Achard, 1925 * '' Doryphora decemstillata'' Stål, 1858 * '' Doryphora diagonalis'' Stål, 1858 ** ''Doryphora diagonalis diagonalis'' Stål, 1858 ** ''Doryphora diagonalis ramulifera'' Achard, 1923 * '' Doryphora falleni'' Stål, 1859 * '' Doryphora impar'' Stål, 1859 * '' Doryphora insignicornis'' Stål, 1858 * '' Doryphora ligata'' Stål, 1858 * '' Doryphora paykulli'' (Stål, 1859) * '' Doryphora princeps'' Gray, 1832 * '' Doryphora punctatissima'' (Olivier, 1790) * '' Doryphora reticulata'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Doryphora sallaei'' Stål, 1859 * '' Doryphora semiambita'' Stål, 1858 * '' Doryphora viridifasciata'' Jacoby, 1883

References

Chrysomelinae Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger {{Chrysomelinae-stub