Trachymela

Trachymela is a genus of beetles, commonly called leaf beetles and in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. These beetles are usually brown or black and have elytra with verrucae (bumps) and lacking striae. Trachymela can be found in all states of Australia[2] There are over 120 species.[1][2]

Trachymela
Trachymela papuligera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chrysomelini
Genus: Trachymela
Weise, 1908
Synonyms[1]

Chondromela Weise, 1915

Trachymela is native to Australia and New Guinea and introduced elsewhere. Host-plants: Myrtaceae (Angophora, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum).[2][3]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Julius Weise in 1908.[4][5] In 1994, Mauro Daccordi synonymised the genus Chondromela with Trachymela, defining it as a subgenus of Trachymela.[4][6]

Trachymela rugosa

Selected species

(From Australian Faunal Directory)[1][2]

  • Trachymela abjecta (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela acclivis (Blackburn, 1907)
  • Trachymela adelaidae (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela alpina (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela alta (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela alticola (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela arcula (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela armata (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela asperula (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela baldiensis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela bicolora (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela biondii Daccordi, 2003
  • Trachymela blanda (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela borealis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela brevissima (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela caliginosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela cancellata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela carpentariae (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela castanea (Marsham, 1808)
  • Trachymela catenata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela comma (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela convexicollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela coriaria (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela corrugata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela costipennis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela creberrima (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela crebra (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela cristata Daccordi, 2003
  • Trachymela cygnicola (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela declivis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela diffusa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela echo (Blackburn, 1901)
  • Trachymela exarata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela explanata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela exsul (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela extranea (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela ferrugata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela foveata (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela fumata (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela funerea (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela fusconotata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela granaria (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela graphica (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela grossa (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela hartmeyeri Weise, 1908
  • Trachymela ignorata Weise, 1916
  • Trachymela impressa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela inaequalis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela incurva (Clark, 1865)
  • Trachymela infuscata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela ingloria Weise, 1917
  • Trachymela inops (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela inornata (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela insolens (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela interioris (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela invalida (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela karattae (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela laeviventris (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela latipes (Blackburn, 1892)
  • Trachymela leai (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela lima (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela litigiosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela lugubris Weise, 1916
  • Trachymela lyncea Daccordi, 2003
  • Trachymela maculiceps (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela malevola (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela mediocris (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela melanospila (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela mixta (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela mjoebergi (Weise, 1915)
  • Trachymela montuosa (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela morosa (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela multiseriata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela nervosa (Clark, 1865)
  • Trachymela nitmiluka Daccordi, 2003
  • Trachymela nodosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela obscurella (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela orbicularis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela ordinaria Weise, 1923
  • Trachymela papuligera (Stål, 1860)
  • Trachymela papulosa (Erichson, 1842)
  • Trachymela pardalis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela perparvula (Clark, 1865)
  • Trachymela piceola (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela prodroma (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela propria (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela punctata (Marsham, 1808)
  • Trachymela punctipennis (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela pustulifera (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela pustulosa (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela raucipennis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela regularis (Blackburn, 1892)
  • Trachymela rosea (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela ruficollis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela rufonigra (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela rugosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela rugulosior (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela rustica (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela scabra (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela scalaris (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela semiglobosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela seriata (Germar, 1848)
  • Trachymela serpiginosa (Erichson, 1842)
  • Trachymela simplex (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela simulans (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela sjoestedti Weise, 1916
  • Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela solitaria (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela sordida (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela spilota (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela squiresensis (Blackburn, 1893)
  • Trachymela sternalis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela stigma (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela strigosa (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela sublimbata (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela sublineata (Boheman, 1859)
  • Trachymela sylvicola (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela tincticollis (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela verrucicollis (Chapuis, 1877)
  • Trachymela verrucipennis (Clark, 1865)
  • Trachymela verrucosa (Marsham, 1808)
  • Trachymela versuta (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela vibex (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela victoriae (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela vomica (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Trachymela vulpina (Blackburn, 1897)
  • Trachymela whittonensis (Blackburn, 1896)

References
  1. "IRMNG - Trachymela Weise, 1908". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  2. "Atlas of Living Australia: Genus Trachymela".
  3. Chris A.M. Reid (14 August 2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1292.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97466695.
  4. "Australian Faunal Directory: Trachymela". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  5. Weise, J. 1908. Chrysomelidae und Coccinelidae. Fauna South Western Australia 2(1). 1-13 pp. [7].
  6. Daccordi, M. 1994. Notes for the phylogenetic study of Chrysomelinae, with descriptions of new taxa and a list of all the known genera. pp. 60-84 in Furth, D. (ed.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Chrysomelidae, Beijing, 1992. Leiden : Backhuys 150 pp. [78]
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