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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) » Eumolpinae » Eumolpini » Section Iphimeites » Glyptoscelis

Genus Glyptoscelis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Fidia viticida? - Glyptoscelis Beetle - Glyptoscelis Glyptoscelis albida Glyptoscelis albicans Baly - Glyptoscelis albicans Green chrysomelid - maybe Glyptoscelis juniperi? - Glyptoscelis dirty leaf beetle - Glyptoscelis prosopis Glyptoscelis hairy leaf beetle - Glyptoscelis pubescens
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Glyptoscelis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated in Adoxini(1)
Explanation of Names
Glyptoscelis Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
26 spp. in our area(2), 35 total(1)
Range
so. Canada to Argentina and Chile(1); most of our species are western, a few in the east(2)
Print References
Blake, D.H. (1967). Revision of the beetles of genus Glyptoscelis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 123(3604): 1–53. (3)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Revision of the beetles of genus Glyptoscelis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Blake, D.H. 1967. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 123(3604): 1–53.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 October, 2022 - 12:00pm

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