Calomela

Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of Acacia[3] and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose.[4] Calomela includes about 45 species[5] which are found in all states of Australia.[6]

Calomela
Calomela curtisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: Calomela
Hope, 1840
Type species
Chrysomela curtisi
Kirby, 1819
Species

See text

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Australica Chevrolat, 1836
    (nomen oblitum)
  • Callimela Agassiz, 1846
    (unnecessary emendation)
  • Calolina Lhoste, 1934
  • Carystea Baly, 1865
  • Lamecola Selman, 1976
  • Lamprotoptera Motschulsky, 1860
  • Paralepta Baly, 1878
  • Parastarycea Selman, 1977
  • Platysocia Lhoste, 1934
  • Pseudoparopsis Blackburn, 1899
  • Starycea Selman, 1977
  • Tetratica Motschulsky, 1860

List of species
Calomela satelles

The genus includes the following species:

  • Calomela acaciae (Lea, 1916)
  • Calomela acervata (Blackburn, 1889)
  • Calomela aeneonitens (Clark, 1865)
  • Calomela apicalis Blackburn, 1889
  • Calomela australica (Blackburn, 1893)
  • Calomela bartoni (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela cingulata (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela colorata (Germar, 1848)
  • Calomela crassicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Calomela curtisi (Kirby, 1818)
  • Calomela distinguenda Blackburn, 1889
  • Calomela eyrei Blackburn, 1890
  • Calomela foveicollis (Baly, 1878)
  • Calomela fugitiva Lea, 1903
  • Calomela fulvilabris (Germar, 1848)
  • Calomela gloriosa Lea, 1903
  • Calomela imperialis Blackburn, 1893
  • Calomela inornata (Baly, 1865)
  • Calomela intemerata Lea, 1903
  • Calomela ioptera (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela jansoni (Baly, 1865)
  • Calomela juncta Lea, 1903
  • Calomela laticollis Lea, 1916
  • Calomela macleayi (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Calomela maculicollis (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Calomela micans (Baly, 1876)
  • Calomela moorei Chu & Reid, 2018
  • Calomela nigra Lea, 1903
  • Calomela nigripennis Lea, 1903
  • Calomela nitidipennis (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Calomela pallida (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela parilis Lea, 1903
  • Calomela picticornis Lea, 1929
  • Calomela pubiceps (Lea, 1916)
  • Calomela pulchella (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela regalis Lea, 1915
  • Calomela relicta Reid, 1989
  • Calomela ruficeps (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Calomela satelles Blackburn, 1893
  • Calomela selmani Daccordi, 2003
  • Calomela sumptuosa (Selman, 1976)
  • Calomela suturalis (Jacoby, 1885)
  • Calomela tarsalis Blackburn, 1889
  • Calomela testacea Lhoste, 1934
  • Calomela vacillans Lea, 1915
  • Calomela vittata (Baly, 1856)
  • Calomela waterhousei (Baly, 1864)

References
  1. Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
  2. Chu, H.V.; Reid, C. (2018). "A new species of Calomela Hope in Southeastern Australia and validation of the generic name (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". Australian Entomologist. 45 (4): 475–488. (Abstract)
  3. "Calomela". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. "Calomela parilis - Calomela gallery". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  5. "Australian Faunal Directory: Calomela". Environment.gov.au. 2014-02-10. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  6. "Calomela | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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