''Leptinotarsa'' is a
genus
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of
leaf beetle
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 ...
s.
Several species in the genus produce
leptinotarsin, a
toxin
A toxin is a naturally occurring poison produced by metabolic activities of living cells or organisms. They occur especially as proteins, often conjugated. The term was first used by organic chemist Ludwig Brieger (1849–1919), derived ...
similar to the
diamphotoxin produced by species of the African leaf beetle genus ''
Diamphidia
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''Diamphidia'', or Bushman arrow-poison beetle, is an African genus of flea beetles, in the family Chrysomelidae.
The larvae and pupae of ''Diamphidia'' produce a toxin used by Bushmen as an arrow poison.
The Finnish explorer Hendrik J ...
''. Some ''Leptinotarsa'' species are parasitised by
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...
s of genus ''
Lebia''.
Species
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Leptinotarsa behrensi''
Harold, 1877
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Leptinotarsa collinsi''
Wilcox, 1972
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Leptinotarsa decemlineata
The Colorado potato beetle (''Leptinotarsa decemlineata''; also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, and the potato bug) is a beetle known for being a major Pest (organism), pest of potato crops. ...
''
(Say, 1824) (Colorado potato beetle)
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Leptinotarsa defecta''
Stål, 1859
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Leptinotarsa dellacasai''
Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
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Leptinotarsa gilberti
''Leptinotarsa'' is a genus of leaf beetles.
Several species in the genus produce leptinotarsin, a toxin similar to the diamphotoxin produced by species of the African leaf beetle genus ''Diamphidia''. Some ''Leptinotarsa'' species are parasitis ...
''
Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
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Leptinotarsa haldemani''
Rogers, 1856
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Leptinotarsa heydeni''
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Leptinotarsa juncta''
(Germar, 1824) (false potato beetle)
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Leptinotarsa lineolata''
Stål, 1863
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Leptinotarsa mariachia''
Daccordi & Zoia, 2017
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Leptinotarsa peninsularis''
Horn, 1894
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Leptinotarsa rubiginosa''
Rogers, 1856
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Leptinotarsa texana''
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Leptinotarsa tlascalana''
Stål, 1858
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Leptinotarsa tumamoca''
Tower, 1918
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Leptinotarsa typographica''
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Leptinotarsa undecimlineata''
References
External links
''Leptinotarsa''at the
Encyclopedia of Life
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. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
Chrysomelinae
Poisonous animals
Taxa named by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
Chrysomelidae genera
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