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Leaf Beetles of Texas - Family Chrysomelidae

984 species of chrysomelids have been recorded from Texas (E.G. Riley, pers. comm., Jan. 2022)
The following thumbnails represent > 50% of the Texas total.

Specimens primarily shot at the EGRC, TAMUIC, and the UTIC collections.

Bruchinae - Donaciinae - Criocerinae - Cassidinae - Chrysomelinae - Galerucinae - Eumolpinae - Cryptocephalinae

Subfamily Bruchinae - Bean or Seed Weevils - try to photograph the pygidium

• Tribe Pachymerini - Palm Seed Weevils
  

• Tribe Amblycerini
  

• Tribe Bruchini

• Acanthoscelides - large, difficult genus
  

• Algarobius - common at lights, 2 spp., difficult to separate
  

• Gibbobruchus mimus
  

• Megacerus

 

• Meibomeus musculus
  

• Merobruchus

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• Mimosestes

• Neltumius

• Penthobruchus germaini - Retama Bruchid, recently introduced sp.
  

• Sennius

• Stator

• Stylantheus

Subfamily Donaciinae - Aquatic or Long-horned Leaf Beetles

• subgenus Donacia

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• subgenus Donaciomima

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Subfamily Criocerinae - Shining Leaf Beetles

• Lema

 

=== - Lema opulenta - variable

• Oulema

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• Genera: Neolema, Crioceris

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Subfamily Cassidinae - Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines

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• Tribe Cassidini - Tortoise Beetles

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• Tribes Cephaloleiini and Chalepini - Leaf-mining Leaf Beetles

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Subfamily Chrysomelinae - Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetles

• Chrysomelini, Subtribe Entomoscelina

• Microtheca
  

 

• Subtribe Doryphorina

• Genera Chrysolina, Labidomera

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• Calligrapha
  

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• Zygogramma
  

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• Leptinotarsa

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• Subtribe Chrysomelina

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• Phaedon

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• Chrysomela

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Subfamily Galerucinae - Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles

• Tribe Galerucini

• Section Atysites

• Section Coelomerites

• Section Schematizites

• Ophraella (imposible to sight ID)

• Tribe Luperini

• Subtribe Diabroticina

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• Acalymma
  

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• Cerotoma

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• Diabrotica

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• Subtribe Luperina

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• Phyllobrotica

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• Tribe Metacyclini

• Tribe Alticini - Flea Beetles

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• Altica Genus Group ("Genus Groups" per Riley et al. 2003)

• Asphaera Genus Group

• Chaetocnema Genus Group
  

• Crepidodera Genus Group

• Epitrix
  

• Disonycha Genus Group

 

• Disonycha (see also Kuschelina)

 

 

• Longitarsus Genus Group - (genus needs revision)
  

• Glyptina - (genus needs revision)

 

• Luperaltica Genus Group

• Monomacra Genus Group

• Oedionychis Genus Group

• Capraita

• Kuschelina  (see also Disonycha)

 

• Orthaltica Genus Group

• Phydanis

• Dibolia Genus Group

• Psylliodes Genus Group
  

• Phyllotreta Genus Group

 

• Sphaeronychus Genus Group

• Syphrea Genus Group
  

• Systena Genus Group

 

• Trichaltica Genus Group

Subfamily Eumolpinae - Oval Leaf Beetles

• Tribe Typophorini

• Graphops

• Metachroma
  

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• Paria
  

 

• Tribe Eumolpini

• Brachypnoea

• Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno - Discussion

• Metaparia - uncommon
  

• Colaspis
  

• Rhabdopterus - very common
  

• Tymnes - uncommon
  

• Glyptoscelis - uncommon
  

  

• Myochrous - common at lights
  

 

• Tribe Megascelidini

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• Tribe Bromiini (or Adoxini)

• Neofidia (=Fidia)
  

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• Xanthonia / Demotina
  

   

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Subfamily Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers, Cylindrical Leaf Beetles

• Tribe Cryptocephalini 

• Griburius 

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• Pachybrachis - (see review of TX spp.)

 

 

 

• Lexiphanes - tiny, uncommon
  

• Bassareus

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• Cryptocephalus (Review of North American Cryptocephalus spp.)

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• Diachus

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• Triachus - tiny, uncommon

 

• Tribe Clytrini - Short-horned Leaf Beetles

• Subtribe Clytrina

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• Subtribe Megalostomina

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• Coleorozena

• Coleothorpa

 

• Saxinis

 

• Subtribe Babiina

• Babia

• Urodera
  

• Tribe Fulcidacini (=Chlamisini) - Warty Leaf Beetles

• Chlamisus

 

• Diplacaspis / Neochlamisus

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• Exema

Primary References:

Clark, S.M., D.G. LeDoux, T.N. Seeno, E.G. Riley, A.J. Gilbert & J.M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae exclusive of Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2. 476 pp.

Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, R.W. Flowers, and A.J. Gilbert. 2002. Family 124. Chrysomelidae Latreille 1802, Pp. 617-691 In: Arnett, et al., (editors) American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.

Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, and T.N. Seeno. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 1. 290 pp.

17 April 2022 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Resources / Photo Techniques