Chrysomelini

Chrysomelini is a tribe in the leaf beetle subfamily Chrysomelinae. There are over 150 described genera in Chrysomelini, variously arranged into subtribes, though the exact number and delimitation of these subtribes is a source of ongoing debate.

This tribe unites the "typical" leaf beetles – small to mid-sized beetles, usually with a rather rotund shape. Many Chrysomelini are among the most colorful beetles known, some rivaling jewel beetles with their shiny metallic iridescence. Other species are not metallic, but colored contrastingly; in some cases this is known or suspected to be aposematic coloration to warn insectivores that these beetles accumulate noxious chemicals from their foodplants. Some – perhaps most notoriously the invasive Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) – are dangerous crop pests, while others are useful in biocontrol of invasive weeds.

Genera

Aeneolucentia Aesernoides Agasta Ageniosa Agrosteella Agrosteomela Alfius Algoala Ambrostoma Motschulsky, 1860 Antongilitis Aphilon Sharp, 1876 Apterocuris Araucanomela Asiparopsis Ateratocerus Blackburn, 1890 Barymela Barymelina Basilewskyanella Blaptea Caccomolpus Sharp, 1886 Cadiz Callidemum Calligrapha (including Bidensomela, Zygogramma) Calomela Camerounia Canobolas Centroscelis Ceralces Chalcolampra (= Allocharis, Cyrtonogetus, Eualema) Chalcomela (= Cyclomela, Micromela) Chilenomela Chrysolina Chrysomela Colaphellus (= Colaphus L.Redtenbacher, 1845 (non Dejean, 1836)) Colaphinus Colaspidema (= Colaphus Dejean, 1836) Cosmogramma Crosita Cryptostetha Cuprasoroides Cyclonoda Baly, 1878 Cyrtonastes Cyrtonus (= Cyrlonussa) Cystocnemis Motschulsky, 1860 Desmogramma Desmogrammella Deuterocampta Diacosma Weise, 1923 Dicranosterna Dinahia Bechyně, 1946 Doryphora Dorysterna Elytroatra Elytrosphaera Entomoscelis Ethomela Lea, 1916 Eugastromela Lea, 1929 Eugonycha Eulina Baly, 1855 Euparochia Motschulsky, 1860 (= "Euparocha" (nomen nudum)) Euryceraea Eustilodes Ewanius Reid, 2002 Faex Weise, 1901 Falsocolaphellus Fasta Gasterantrodes Gastrolina Gastrolinoides Chûjô & Kimoto, 1960 Gastrophysa (= Gastroidea) Gavirga Geomela Gibbiomela Daccordi, 2003 Gonioctena Grammicomela Lea, 1916 Grammodesma Grammomades Henicotherus Brèthes, 1929 Hispostoma Humba (= Eumela, Eumelaella) Hydrothassa (sometimes in Prasocuris) Hysmatodon Reid, 2002 Iscadida Isostilodes Jermaniella Johannica Blackburn, 1888 Jolivetia Labidomera Lamprolina Leioplacis Chevrolat, 1843 (= Lioplacis) Leptinotarsa Leucocera Limenta Linographa Lycaria Machomena Maurodus Leschen, Reid & Nadein, 2020 Mesoplatys Metastyla Microtheca Monocampta Nanomela Leschen, Reid & Nadein, 2020 Neophaedon Novacastria Selman in Selman & Lowman, 1983 Odontoedon Ge & Daccordi in Ge et al., 2013 Oidosoma Oomela Lea, 1916 Oreina (= Orina) Oreomela Oreothassa Palaeomela Daccordi, 1996 Pandona Palimbola Parambrostoma Chen, 1936 Parastilodes Paropsides Paropsimorpha Lhoste, 1934 Paropsis (= Parona, Procris Weise, 1901 (non Latreille, 1807: preoccupied), Procrisina) Paropsisterna (= Chrysophtharta, Niliosoma, Sterromela, Xanthogramma Weise, 1923 (non Schiner, 1860: preoccupied)) Pataya Peltoschema Periscapta Phaedon Phaedonia Philhydronopa Weise, 1901 Phola (= Phyllophila Stål, 1857 (non Guenée, 1852: preoccupied)) Phratora (= Phyllodecta) Phyllocharis (= Phyllocharoides) Pixis Plagiodera (= Pseudoparopsis) Plagiomada Plagiosterna Planagetes Platymela Baly, 1856 Platyphora Podostilodes Poropteromela Lea, 1916 Potaninia Weise, 1889 Prasocuris Promechus (= Aesernia) Proseicela Pterodunga Daccordi, 2000 Pubistilodes Rhaebosterna Rudebeckiana Sclerophaedon Sphaeratrix Sphaerolina Sphaerotritoma Arrow, 1943 Sternoplatys Motschulsky, 1860 Stilodes Chevrolat, 1836 (formerly in Leptinotarsa) Strichosa Strumatophyma Suinzona Chen, 1931 Taipinus Lopatin, 2007 Timarchida Timarchomima Timarchosoma Tinosis Weise, 1908 Trachymela (= Chondromela) Trichomela Tritaenia Trochalonota Xenomela Yunnaedon Zeaphilon Leschen, Reid & Nadein, 2020 Zira Reid & Smith, 2004

In addition, a prehistoric genus Stenaspidiotus has been described from Dominican amber fossils of at least early Miocene age (15-20 mya).

References

Chrysomelini

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