Luperini is a tribe of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. There are more than 30 genera and 500 described species in Luperini.
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Genera
The genera below belong to the tribe Luperini:[
* '' Acalymma'' Barber, 1947
* '' Agetocera'' Hope, 1831
* '' Amphelasma'' Barber, 1947
* '' Androlyperus'' Crotch, 1873
* '' Anisobrotica'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1970
* '' Apophylia'' Thomson, 1858
* '' Apteromicrus'' Chen & Jiang, 1981
* '' Aristobrotica'' Bechyné, 1956
* '' Atrachya'' Dejean, 1837
* '']Aulacophora
''Aulacophora'' is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as pumpkin beetles; some species are pests of agricultural crops. The genus was named in 1836 by the French entomologist Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, in Deje ...
'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Brachyphora'' Jacoby, 1890
* '' Buckibrotica'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1970
* '' Cassena'' Weise, 1892
* '' Calomicrus'' Dillwyn, 1829
* '' Cerophysa'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Cerophysella'' Laboissière, 1930
* '' Cerotoma'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Charaea'' Baly, 1878
* '' Clerotilia'' Jacoby, 1885
* '' Cneorane'' Baly, 1865
* '' Cneoranidea'' Chen, 1942
* '' Cneorella'' Medvedev & Dang, 1981
* '' Cochabamba'' Bechyné, 1955
* '' Cornubrotica'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1970
* '' Coronabrotica'' Moura, 2010
* '' Cyclotrypema'' Blake, 1966
* '' Diabrotica'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Doryscus'' Jacoby, 1887
* '' Ensiforma'' Jacoby, 1876
* '' Epaenidea'' Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
* '' Eusattodera'' Schaeffer, 1906
* '' Euliroetis'' Ogloblin, 1936
* '' Eumelepta'' Jacoby, 1892
* '' Fleutiauxia'' Laboissière, 1933
* '' Gynandrobrotica'' Bechyné, 1955
* '' Haplosomoides'' Duvivier, 1890
* '' Hesperomorpha'' Ogloblin, 1936
* '' Hoplasoma'' Jacoby, 1884
* '' Hoplosaenidea'' Laboissière, 1933
* '' Hyphaenia'' Baly, 1865
* '' Inbioluperus'' Clark, 1993
* '' Isotes'' Weise, 1922
* '' Japonitata'' Strand, 1922
* '' Jolibrotica'' Lee & Bezděk, 2015
* '' Keitheatus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Lanolepta'' Kimoto, 1991
* '' Leptaulaca'' Weise, 1902
* '' Liroetis'' Weise, 1889 (= ''Siemssenius'' Weise, 1922 = ''Zangia'' Chen, 1976)
* '' Luperosoma'' Jacoby, 1891
* ''Luperus
''Luperus'' is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
Genera
European species within this genus include:
* '' Luperus abdominalis'' Rosenhauer, 1856
* '' Luperus aetolicus'' Kiesenwett ...
'' Muller, 1764
* '' Lygistus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Macrima'' Baly, 1878
* '' Medythia'' Jacoby, 1886
* '' Metacoryna'' Jacoby, 1888
* '' Metrioidea'' Fairmaire, 1881
* '' Mimagitocera'' Maulik, 1936
* '' Mimastra'' Baly, 1865
* ''Monolepta
''Monolepta'' is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is the most diverse and widely distributed genus in the Galerucinae ''sensu stricto'', with more than 700 described species occurring almost worldwide. It is m ...
'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Munina'' Chen, 1976
* '' Neobrotica'' Jacoby, 1887
* '' Paleosepharia'' Laboissière, 1936
* '' Palmaria'' Bechyné, 1956
* '' Palpoxena'' Baly, 1861
* '' Paragetocera'' Laboissière, 1929
* '' Paranapiacaba'' J. Bechyné, 1958
* '' Paraplotes'' Laboissière, 1933
* '' Paratriarius'' Schaeffer, 1906
* '' Parexosoma'' Laboissière, 1932
* '' Paridea'' Baly, 1886
* '' Phyllecthris'' Dejean, 1836
* '' Phyllobrotica'' Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
* '' Platybrotica'' Cabrera & Cabrera Walsh, 2004
* '' Pseudespera'' Chen ''et al.'', 1985
* '' Pseudocophora'' Jacoby, 1884
* '' Pseudodiabrotica'' Jacoby, 1892
* '' Pseudoluperus'' Beller & Hatch, 1932
* '' Pseudosepharia'' Laboissière, 1936
* ''Pteleon
Pteleum or Pteleon ( grc, Πτελεόν), also Pteleos (Πτελεός), was a town of ancient Thessaly, on the south-western side of Achaea Phthiotis, Phthiotis, and near the entrance of the Sinus Pagasaeus. It stood between Antron and Halos ( ...
'' Jacoby, 1888
* '' Scelida'' Chapuis, 1875
* '' Scelolyperus'' Crotch, 1874
* '' Shaira'' Maulik, 1936
* '' Shairella'' Chujo, 1962
* '' Sikkimia'' Duvivier, 1891
* '' Sinoluperus'' Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
* '' Strobiderus'' Jacoby, 1884
* '' Synetocephalus'' Fall, 1910
* '' Taiwanaenidea'' Kimoto, 1984
* ''Taumacera
''Taumacera'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Galerucinae. It contains about 70 species distributed in the Oriental realm. About 20 Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia i ...
'' Thunberg, 1814
* '' Theopea'' Baly, 1864
* '' Trachyscelida'' Horn, 1893
* ''Triarius
Triarius was a Gothic nobleman and soldier. He was a member of the Amali dynasty. At least by the Battle of Nedao, Triarius had withdrawn his support from Valamir, who was his relative and the king of the Ostrogoths. Triarius joined the Eastern ...
'' Jacoby, 1887
* '' Trichobalya'' Weise, 1890
* '' Trichomimastra'' Weise, 1922
* '' Trichosepharia'' Laboissière, 1936
* '' Xingeina'' Chen ''et al.'', 1987
* '' Zischkaita'' Bechyné, 1956
* '' Zizonia'' Chen, 1976
References
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Galerucinae
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