Graphops

Graphops is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. There are 19 described species in Graphops, all from North America.[4][5][6][7] Most species have limited flight capabilities, due to poorly developed wings,[8] and at least one species is known to be flightless.[9]

Graphops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Typophorini
Genus: Graphops
LeConte, 1884[1]
Type species
Heteraspis nebulosa
LeConte, 1859
Synonyms

According to BugGuide and ITIS, the genus is now placed in the tribe Typophorini instead of Adoxini.[7][4]

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Graphops:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

Doubtful species:[8]

References

  1. LeConte, J. L. (1884). "Short Studies of North American Coleoptera. (No. 2)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 12: 1–32. doi:10.2307/25076447. JSTOR 25076447.
  2. LeConte, J. L. (1859). "The Coleoptera of Kansas and eastern New Mexico". Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 11: i–vi, 1–58. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.18986.
  3. Daccordi, M. (1977). "Coleotteri Crisomelidi dell'Isola di Creta e descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Pachnephorus Redtenbacher (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 4: 81–93.
  4. "Graphops Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. "Browse Graphops". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. "Graphops". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  7. "Graphops Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  8. Blake, D. H. (1955). "A study of LeConte's species of the chrysomelid genus Graphops with descriptions of some new species". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 113 (4): 263–301.
  9. Clark, Shawn M.; Heninger, Amanda J. (2016). "A Flightless New Species of Graphops Leconte, 1884 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Utah, USA". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (1): 171–176. doi:10.1649/072.070.0125. S2CID 87771027.
  10. Crotch, G. R. (1873). "Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25 (1): 19–83. JSTOR 4624297.

Further reading

  • Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.


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