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Alticinae |
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, or leaf beetles is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2500 genera.
Chrysomelids are recognizable by their tarsal formula and distinguished from cerambycids by their short, filiform antennae. Adult and larval chrysomelids feed on all sorts of plant tissue. Many are economically important species, for example the colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), the asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi), and various flea beetles.
Genera
- Subfamily Alticinae
- Altica
- Anthobiodes
- Aphthona
- Apteropeda
- Argopus
- Arrhenocoela
- Asiorestia
- Batophila
- Chaetocnema
- Crepidodera
- Derocrepis
- Dibolia
- Epitrix
- Hermaeophaga
- Heyrovskya
- Hippuriphila
- Longitarsus
- Lythraria
- Mantura
- Minota
- Mniophila
- Mniophilosoma
- Ochrosis
- Oedionychus
- Orestia
- Phyllotreta
- Podagrica
- Psylliodes
- Sphareoderma
- Subfamily Cassidinae
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Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula)
- Subfamily Chrysomelinae
- Subfamily Clytrinae
- Subfamily Criocerinae
- Subfamily Cryptocephalinae
- Subfamily Donaciinae
- Subfamily Eumolpinae
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Alder Leaf beetle (Agelastica alni)
- Subfamily Galerucinae
- Subfamily Hispinae
- Subfamily Lamprosomatinae
- Subfamily Megalopodinae
- Subfamily Orsodacninae
- Subfamily Synetinae
- Subfamily Zeugophorinae
External links
- Chrysomelidae information (http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Coleoptera/Chrysomelid.htm) from University of Florida
- List of subfamilies of European Chrysomelidae (http://culex.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae/list%20of%20subfamilies.htm) from Wroclaw Universityde:Blattkäfer