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Tribe Fulcidacini - Warty Leaf Beetles

Exema sp.? - Exema tiny beetle - Exema Warty Leaf Beetle - Exema dispar 160313C01 - Exema Neochlamisus Neochlamisus eubati (?) warty leaf beetle Neochlamisus gibbosus? - Neochlamisus Chrysomelidae Neochlamisus gibbous - Warty leaf beetle? - Exema canadensis
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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Fulcidacini (Warty Leaf Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chlamisini Gressitt 1946
used to be treated as a subfamily (Chlamisinae)
Explanation of Names
Fulcidacini Jakobson 1924(1)
Numbers
36 spp. in 5 genera in our area(2), ~300 spp. total(3)
Identification
Adults resemble caterpillar droppings. See Karren (1972) (4) for a key to many species.
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the Neotropics(5)
Print References
Karren, J.B. 1972. A revision of the subfamily Chlamisinae of American north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 49(12): 875-988. (4)
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)
Reid C.A.M., Beatson M. 2013. Zootaxa 3619: 79–100.
4.A revision of the subfamily Chlamisinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
J.B. Karren. 1972. Univ Kansas Sci. Bull. 49: 875-988.
5.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.