Chalepini Explained

Chalepini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 50 genera and 830 described species in Chalepini.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Genera

• Acanthodes Baly, 1864
• Acritispa Uhmann, 1940
• Agathispa Weise, 1905
• Anisochalepus Uhmann, 1940
• Anisostena Weise, 1910
• Baliosus Weise, 1905
• Bothrispa Uhmann, 1940
• Brachycoryna Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Bruchia Weise, 1906
• Carinispa Uhmann, 1930
• Chalepispa Uhmann, 1955
• Chalepotatus Weise, 1910
• Chalepus Thunberg, 1805
• Charistena Baly, 1864
• Clinocarispa Uhmann, 1935
• Cnestispa Maulik, 1930
• Corynispa Uhmann, 1940
• Craspedonispa Weise, 1910
• Decatelia Weise, 1904
• Euprionota Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Fossispa Staines, 1989
• Glyphuroplata Uhmann, 1937
• Goyachalepus Pic, 1929
• Heptachispa Uhmann, 1953
• Heptatomispa Uhmann, 1940
• Heptispa Weise, 1906
• Heterispa Chapuis, 1875
• Metazycera Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
• Microrhopala Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
• Mimoethispa Pic, 1927
• Nanocthispa Monrós and Viana, 1947
• Nonispa Maulik, 1933
• Octhispa Chapuis, 1877
• Octotoma Dejean, 1836
• Octuroplata Uhmann, 1940
• Odontispa Uhmann, 1940
• Odontota Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
• Oxychalepus Uhmann, 1937
• Oxyroplata Uhmann, 1940
• Parvispa Uhmann, 1940
• Pentispa Chapuis, 1875
• Physocoryna Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Platocthispa Uhmann, 1939
• Probaenia Weise, 1904
• Spaethispa Uhmann, 1939
• Stenopodius Horn, 1883
• Sternocthispa Uhmann, 1938
• Sternoplispa Uhmann, 1940
• Sternostena Weise, 1910
• Sternostenoides Monrós and Viana, 1947
• Stethispa Baly, 1864
• Sumitrosis Butte, 1969
• Temnochalepus Uhmann, 1935
• Temnocthispa Uhmann, 1939
• Uroplata Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
• Xenochalepus Weise, 1910

References

• Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.
• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.
• Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 104, no. 3, 721–784.
• Uhmann, Erich (1957). "Chrysomelidae: Hispinae, Hispinae Americanae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 35, Fasc. 1, vii + 153.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chalepini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-01.
2. Web site: Chalepini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-01.
3. White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
4. Web site: North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. 2018-02-01.
5. Web site: Staines C.L. (2011). "Catalog of the hispines of the World".. Smithsonian Institution. 2018-02-01.