''Scelolyperus'' is a genus 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 20 described species in ''Scelolyperus''. They are found in North America, Mexico, and the Palaearctic.
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Species
These 28 species belong to the genus ''Scelolyperus'':
* '' Scelolyperus bimarginatus'' (Blake, 1928)
* '' Scelolyperus carinatus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus clarki'' Gilbert & Andrews
* '' Scelolyperus curvipes'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus cyanellus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1865)
* '' Scelolyperus flavicollis'' (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
* '' Scelolyperus graptoderoides'' (Crotch, 1874)
* '' Scelolyperus hatchi'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus laticeps'' (Horn, 1893)
* '' Scelolyperus lecontii'' (Crotch, 1873)
* '' Scelolyperus lemhii'' Hatch, 1971
* '' Scelolyperus liriophilus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus loripes'' Horn, 1893
* ''Scelolyperus megalurus
''Scelolyperus'' is a genus 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 tha ...
'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus meracus'' (Say, 1826)
* '' Scelolyperus nigrocyaneus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1879)
* '' Scelolyperus pasadenae'' S. Clark, 1996
* '' Scelolyperus phenacus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus phoxus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus ratulus'' Wilcox, 1965
* '' Scelolyperus schwarzii'' Horn, 1893
* '' Scelolyperus smaragdinus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
* '' Scelolyperus tejonicus'' Crotch, 1874
* '' Scelolyperus tetonensis'' S. Clark, 1996
* '' Scelolyperus torquatus'' (J. L. LeConte, 1884)
* '' Scelolyperus transitus'' (Horn, 1893)
* '' Scelolyperus varipes'' (J. L. LeConte, 1857)
* '' Scelolyperus wilcoxi'' Hatch, 1971
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Galerucinae
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Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by George Robert Crotch
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