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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Scelidites » Scelolyperus

Genus Scelolyperus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
bluish beetle - Scelolyperus Scelolyperus Leaf Beetle - Scelolyperus Scelolyperus schwarzii? - Scelolyperus schwarzii Leaf Beetle - Scelolyperus varipes Scelolyperus varipes? - Scelolyperus Coleoptera - Scelolyperus A leaf beetle: Scelolyperus schwarzii? - Scelolyperus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Luperini
Subtribe Luperina-subtribe
No Taxon (Section Scelidites)
Genus Scelolyperus
Explanation of Names
Scelolyperus Crotch 1874
Numbers
27 spp. in our area, a few more in Asia(1)
Identification
Key to spp. in (1)
Range
holarctic; in our area, all but 4 spp. are western (about half restricted to CA), and hardly any occur on much of the central plains(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.The genus Scelolyperus Crotch in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
Clark S.M. 1996. Insecta Mundi 10: 261-280.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 2 July, 2008 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2024 - 4:38pm

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