Tricholochmaea Explained
Tricholochmaea is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles and flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are 21 described species and two subspecies of Tricholochmaea.[1] [2] [3] [4] It is treated as a synonym of Pyrrhalta by some authors, but not by others.[4]
Species
- Tricholochmaea alni (Fall, 1924)
- Tricholochmaea cavicollis (J. L. LeConte, 1865) (cherry leaf beetle)
- Tricholochmaea decora (Say, 1824) (Pacific willow leaf beetle)
- Tricholochmaea kalmiae (Fall, 1924)
- Tricholochmaea perplexa (Fall, 1924)
- Tricholochmaea punctipennis (Mannerheim, 1843)
- Tricholochmaea ribicola (Brown, 1938)
- Tricholochmaea rufosanguinea (Say, 1826)
- Tricholochmaea sablensis (Brown, 1969)
- Tricholochmaea spiraeae (Fall, 1924)
- Tricholochmaea spiraeophila (Hatch in Hatch and Beller, 1932)
- Tricholochmaea tuberculata (Say, 1824)
- Tricholochmaea vaccinii (Fall, 1924) (blueberry leaf beetle)
Further reading
- Book: White, Richard E.. 1968. A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press..
- ((Nie R-E)), Bezděk J, ((Yang X-K)). 2017. 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 7. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 29290727. 5740445. free. 2017ZooK..720...91N.
Notes and References
- Web site: Tricholochmaea Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-06.
- Web site: Tricholochmaea Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-06.
- Web site: Tricholochmaea Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-06.
- Lee. C.-F.. Bezděk. J.. 2021. Revision of the genera Xanthogaleruca Laboissière, 1932 and Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) of Taiwan, with type designation of Galerucella lineatipes Takei. ZooKeys. 1039. 1–108. 10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740. 34084064. 8159918. free. 2021ZooK.1039....1L .
