Peltoschema

Genus of beetles

Peltoschema
Peltoschema orphana Fireblight beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Peltoschema

Reitter, 1880
Species
  • See text for complete list
Peltoschema tetraspilota
Peltoschema trilineata
Peltoschema delicula
peltoschema oceanica
Peltoschema rubiginosa
Peltoschema hamadryas larva
Peltoschema hamadryas
Peltoschema sp

Peltoschema is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, insects also called leaf beetles. This genus contains about 94 species.[1][2] Some mimic ladybird beetles and others are pests and can cause serious defoliation of their host plants. Peltoschema orphana (the fireblight beetle) can defoliate and kill populations of silver wattle.[3][failed verification][4] and badly damage Acacia mearnsii.[5] Peltoschema suturalis is native to Australia and another pest of Acacias.[6]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Edmund Reitter in 1880, with the type species being Peltoschema filicornis, by monotypy,[7][8] and was redescribed in 2001 by Reid and Slipinski.[9] The taxonomic decision for the synonymy of Acacicola Lea, 1903, Pyrgoides, and Pyrgo is based on Reid and Slipinski's 2001 paper.[8][9]

Distribution

Beetles of this genus are found in all states and territories of Australia.[8]

Host plants

Host plants include not only plants in the genera Acacia and Daviesia in the Fabaceae family, but also plants in the Myrtaceae and Apocynaceae families.[10]

Further reading

  • José Antonio Jurado Rivera (2014), FILOGENIA MOLECULAR, SISTEMÁTICA YEVOLUCIÓN DE LOS CHRYSOMELINAEAUSTRALIANOS (COLEOPTERA,CHRYSOMELIDAE) (in Spanish), Wikidata Q112978144
  • Chris A.M. Reid (14 August 2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1292.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97466695.

Species

  • Peltoschema amabilis
  • Peltoschema anxia
  • Peltoschema apicata
  • Peltoschema arethusa
  • Peltoschema basicollis
  • Peltoschema brevifrons
  • Peltoschema bunyamontis
  • Peltoschema calomeloides
  • Peltoschema caloptera
  • Peltoschema carbonata
  • Peltoschema cardinalis
  • Peltoschema clio
  • Peltoschema cooki
  • Peltoschema daphne
  • Peltoschema delicatula
  • Peltoschema depressa
  • Peltoschema didyma
  • Peltoschema dimidiata
  • Peltoschema discoidalis
  • Peltoschema dryope
  • Peltoschema erythrocephala
  • Peltoschema excisipennis
  • Peltoschema eyrensis
  • Peltoschema festiva
  • Peltoschema filicornis
  • Peltoschema flavoinclusa
  • Peltoschema fuscitarsis
  • Peltoschema haematosticta
  • Peltoschema hamadryas
  • Peltoschema hera
  • Peltoschema immaculicollis
  • Peltoschema infirma
  • Peltoschema irene
  • Peltoschema isolata
  • Peltoschema jucunda
  • Peltoschema lepida
  • Peltoschema livida
  • Peltoschema longula
  • Peltoschema lucidula
  • Peltoschema lucina
  • Peltoschema macrosticta
  • Peltoschema maculiventris
  • Peltoschema mansueta
  • Peltoschema medea
  • Peltoschema medioflava
  • Peltoschema mediorufa
  • Peltoschema mediovittata
  • Peltoschema mitis
  • Peltoschema mjoebergi
  • Peltoschema modesta
  • Peltoschema navicula
  • Peltoschema nigritula
  • Peltoschema nigroconspersa
  • Peltoschema nigropicta
  • Peltoschema niobe
  • Peltoschema notata
  • Peltoschema obtusata
  • Peltoschema oceanica
  • Peltoschema oenone
  • Peltoschema orphana
  • Peltoschema pallidula
  • Peltoschema pandora
  • Peltoschema partita
  • Peltoschema perplexa
  • Peltoschema platycephala
  • Peltoschema posticalis
  • Peltoschema prosternalis
  • Peltoschema pulchella
  • Peltoschema quadrizonata
  • Peltoschema rostralis
  • Peltoschema rubiginosa
  • Peltoschema rufopicta
  • Peltoschema scaphula
  • Peltoschema scutellata
  • Peltoschema scutifera
  • Peltoschema spectabilis
  • Peltoschema stillatipennis
  • Peltoschema subaenescens
  • Peltoschema subapicalis
  • Peltoschema substriata
  • Peltoschema suturalis
  • Peltoschema suturella
  • Peltoschema tarsalis
  • Peltoschema tetraspilota
  • Peltoschema tricosa
  • Peltoschema trilineata
  • Peltoschema turbata
  • Peltoschema venusta
  • Peltoschema venustula
  • Peltoschema verticalis
  • Peltoschema vesta
  • Peltoschema vicina
  • Peltoschema virens
  • Peltoschema viridula
  • Peltoschema ziczac

References

  1. ^ "Biolab".
  2. ^ José A Jurado-Rivera; Alfried P Vogler; Chris A M Reid; Eduard Petitpierre; Jesús Gómez-Zurita (1 February 2009). "DNA barcoding insect-host plant associations". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276 (1657): 639–648. doi:10.1098/RSPB.2008.1264. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2660938. PMID 19004756. Wikidata Q52695186.
  3. ^ "NZ Farm Forestry - Home Page". nzffa.org.nz.
  4. ^ "Traralgon South Environment Site". Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ Fagg,P. (2016). "Fireblight affecting wattle trees". The Victorian Naturalist. 133 (6): 199–201. ISSN 0042-5184.
  6. ^ "Peltoschema suturalis". NZ Farm Forestry. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ Reitter, E. (1880). "Neun neue Clavicornier (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn (in German). 18: 1–6 [4].
  8. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Peltoschema". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  9. ^ a b C. A M. Reid; S. A. Ślipiński (September 2001). "Peltoschema Reitter, a Hitherto Unrecognised Chrysomeline: Redescription and Synonymy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 55 (3): 330–337. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0330:PRAHUC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0010-065X. Wikidata Q94245036.
  10. ^ José A Jurado-Rivera; Alfried P Vogler; Chris A M Reid; Eduard Petitpierre; Jesús Gómez-Zurita (1 February 2009). "DNA barcoding insect-host plant associations". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276 (1657): 639–648. doi:10.1098/RSPB.2008.1264. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2660938. PMID 19004756. Wikidata Q52695186.
  • Atlas of Living Australia: Peltoschema occurrence data
Taxon identifiers
Peltoschema


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