Chalepus

Chalepus
Chalepus bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Chalepus
Thunberg, 1805
Synonyms[1]
  • Parachalepus Baly, 1885
  • Anoplitis Kirby, 1837

Chalepus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 90 described species in Chalepus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 98 species belong to the genus Chalepus:

Species incertae sedis

  • Chalepus atricornis (Say, 1835) (Mexico)
  • Chalepus circumcinctus Weise, 1910 (Ecuador)
  • Chalepus ventralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Bolivia)

Fossil species

  • Chalepus americanus (Wickham, 1914) (described as Odontota americanus) from Colorado.

Selected former species

References

  1. ^ a b "Chalepus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Chalepus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

  • Media related to Chalepus at Wikimedia Commons