Rupilia (beetle) explained

Rupilia is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 15 described species in Rupilia, found in Australasia.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Rupilia:

• Rupilia angulaticollis Blackburn, 1900
• Rupilia approximans Blackburn, 1900
• Rupilia brevipennis Blackburn, 1896
• Rupilia cavicollis Lea, 1925
• Rupilia cribrata Lea, 1925
• Rupilia excelsa Blackburn, 1896
• Rupilia impressa Blackburn, 1889
• Rupilia insignis Lea, 1925
• Rupilia microptera Lea, 1925
• Rupilia ruficollis Clark, 1864
• Rupilia rugulosa Blackburn, 1892
• Rupilia suturalis Lea, 1925
• Rupilia tricolor Lea, 1925
• Rupilia viridiaenea Clark, 1864
• Rupilia viridipennis Lea, 1925

Further reading

• How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae. 2017. Nie . R-E. Bezděk . J.. Yang . X-K. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 5740445. 29290727. free. 2017ZooK..720...91N.