Chrysomelinae

Chrysomelinae
Magnificent leaf beetle ( Chrysolina fastuosa )
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Beetle (Coleoptera) Subordination : Polyphaga Superfamily : Chrysomeloidea Family : Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Subfamily : Chrysomelinae
Scientific name
Chrysomelinae
Latreille , 1802

The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) with around 2000 species worldwide. A well-known representative is the Colorado beetle .

features

Adults

The subfamily Chrysomelinae includes beetles of small to medium size. The wide willow leaf beetle ( Plagiodera versicolora ), for example, is only 2.5 to 4.5 millimeters long, the poplar leaf beetle ( Melasoma populi ) is 10 to 12 millimeters long. The heads of the brightly colored, often shiny metallic beetles are in many species more or less enclosed by the thorax; the mostly eleven-link antennae are thread-like structure and partly thickened at their ends. The tarsi are four-part (cryptopentamer).

Larvae

The short, squat, often brightly colored larvae are covered with warts and thorns to ward off or deter predators. They have clearly developed feet and mostly live on phanerogamous plants. In some species, protective shells made of excrement can be seen that the larvae carry around with them.

Occurrence

The subfamily is represented worldwide with about 2000 species.

Species sorted by genus (selection)

European genera and species according to Fauna Europaea:

• Chrysolina Motschoulsky , 1860
  • Chrysolina cerealis
  • Sky blue leaf beetle ( Chrysolina coerulans )
  • Magnificent leaf beetle ( Chrysolina fastuosa )
  • Chrysolina haemoptera
  • Chrysolina oricalcia
  • Smoothed leaf beetle ( Chrysolina polita )
  • Chrysolina sturmi
  • St. John's wort leaf beetle ( Chrysolina varians )
• Chrysomela Linnaeus , 1758
  • Poplar leaf beetle ( Chrysomela populi )
  • Red border leaf beetle ( Chrysomela sanguinolenta )
  • Spotted willow leaf beetle ( Chrysomela vigintipunctata )
• Colaphus Dahl , 1823
• Colaspidema Laporte , 1833
• Cyrtonastes Fairmaire , 1874
• Cyrtonus Latreille , 1829
• Entomoscelis Dejean , 1835
  • Striped rapeseed leaf beetle ( Entomoscelis adonidis )
• Gastrophysa Dejean , 1835
  • Green sorrel beetle ( Gastrophysa viridula )
  • Knotweed leaf beetle ( Gastrophysa polygoni )
• Gonioctena Dejean , 1835
  • Gonioctena fornicata
  • Gonioctena variabilis
  • Osier leaf beetle (Variable willow leaf beetle, Gonioctena viminalis ( Linnaeus , 1758))
• Hydrothassa Thomson , 1859
• Leptinotarsa Dejean , 1835
  • Colorado potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa ​​decemlineata )
• Neophaedon Jacobson , 1901
• Oreina Dejean , 1835
• Phaedon Dahl , 1828
  • Phaedon armoraciae ( Linnaeus , 1758)
• Phratora Dejean , 1835
  • Phratora vitellinae
  • Blue willow leaf beetle ( Phratora vulgatissima )
• Plagiodera Dejean , 1835
  • Broad willow leaf beetle ( Plagiodera versicolora )
• Plagiosterna Motschoulsky , 1860
• Prasocuris Latreille , 1802
• Sclerophaedon way , 1884
• Sternoplatys Motschoulsky , 1860
• Timarcha Dejean , 1821
  • Bluish violet paw beetle ( Timarcha goettingensis )
  • Paw beetle ( Timarcha tenebricosa )
• Zygogramma Dejean , 1835

swell

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chrysomelinae in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 15, 2011

literature

• Jiři Zahradnik: The cosmos insect guide , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-440-12250-1 .
• Karl Wilhelm Harde, Frantisek Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-440-12364-5 .

Web links

Commons : Chrysomelinae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• eLexicon: http://peter-hug.ch/lexikon.htm