Coleothorpa Explained

Coleothorpa is a genus of case-bearing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. The group is largely composed of species that were originally placed in the genus Euryscopa; some authorities have suggested placing these species into the genus Coscinoptera^[1] but the most recent revisions prefer to retain it as a separate genus.^[2]

Selected species

• Coleothorpa aenescens (Crotch, 1873)
• Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte, 1868)
• Coleothorpa dominicana (Fabricius, 1801)
• Coleothorpa mucorea (J. L. LeConte, 1858)
• Coleothorpa panochensis (Gilbert, 1981)
• Coleothorpa seminuda (Horn, 1892)
• Coleothorpa vittigera (J. L. LeConte, 1861)

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 .
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• A generic reclassification of the New World Clytrinae. 1981. Moldenke . A. R.. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 29–30. 75–116.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Agrain, F. A., and S. Roig-Juñent (2011) Systematics and cladistics of Megalostomis Chevrolat, and the biogeography of Clytrini (Coleoptera: Cryptocephalinae). Systematic Entomol. 36: 672–704
2. Uriel Jeshua Sánchez-Reyes, Santiago Niño-Maldonado, Shawn M. Clark, Fatima Magdalena Sandoval-Becerra, Itzcóatl Martínez-Sánchez, José Norberto Lucio-García (2021) New and remarkable distribution record of Proctophana basalis Lacordaire in northeastern Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 45(4): 1085-1090