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 | |
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Calomela curtisi | |
Scientific 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 | |
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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List of species
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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
- 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)
- 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)
- "Calomela". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- "Calomela parilis - Calomela gallery". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Calomela". Environment.gov.au. 2014-02-10. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- "Calomela | Atlas of Living Australia". Bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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