Chelymorpha Explained

Chelymorpha is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 70 described species in Chelymorpha.

Species

These 71 species belong to the genus Chelymorpha:

• Chelymorpha aculeata Borowiec, 2000
• Chelymorpha adnata (Boheman, 1854)
• Chelymorpha adspersula Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha advena Boheman, 1856
• Chelymorpha alternans Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha andicola Spaeth, 1928
• Chelymorpha areata (Erichson, 1847)
• Chelymorpha atomaria Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha atrocincta Spaeth, 1926
• Chelymorpha binotata (Fabricius, 1792)
• Chelymorpha bituberculata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Chelymorpha bivulnerata Spaeth, 1909
• Chelymorpha boliviana Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha bullata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha calva Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha cassidea (Fabricius, 1775) (Argus tortoise beetle)
• Chelymorpha cavata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha cingulata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha circumpunctata (Klug, 1829)
• Chelymorpha clathrata Spaeth, 1909
• Chelymorpha clivosa Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha cobaltina Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha comata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha commutabilis Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha constellata (Klug, 1829)
• Chelymorpha costaricensis (Spaeth, 1922)
• Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Chelymorpha gressoria Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha haematura Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha hoepfneri Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha indigesta Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha infecta Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha infirma Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha inflata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha insignis (Klug, 1829)
• Chelymorpha klugii Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha limbatipennis Spaeth, 1926
• Chelymorpha marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Chelymorpha militaris Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha multipicta Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha multipunctata Olivier, 1790
• Chelymorpha nigricollis Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha orthogonia Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha pacifica Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha partita Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha peregrina Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha personata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha peruana Spaeth, 1902
• Chelymorpha phytophagica Crotch, 1873
• Chelymorpha polyspilota Burmeister, 1870
• Chelymorpha praetextata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha pubescens Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha punctatissima Spaeth, 1937
• Chelymorpha punctigera Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha reimoseri Spaeth, 1928
• Chelymorpha rosarioensis Buzzi, 2000
• Chelymorpha rufoguttata Spaeth, 1909
• Chelymorpha rugicollis Champion, 1893
• Chelymorpha sericea Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha socia Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha sturmii Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha stygia Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha subpunctata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha tessellata Spaeth, 1928
• Chelymorpha texta Boheman, 1862
• Chelymorpha trinitatis Spaeth, 1926
• Chelymorpha varians (Blanchard, 1851)
• Chelymorpha variolosa (Olivier, 1790)
• Chelymorpha vermiculata Boheman, 1854
• Chelymorpha vittifera (Spaeth, 1932)
• Chelymorpha wollastoni Boheman, 1854

Further reading

• Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
• Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.